Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired here today the Cabinet's session. At the outset of the session, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques briefed the cabinet on the results of the 11th consultation meeting which was held here on Tuesday and which discussed many important issues for the benefit of the countries of Gulf Cooperation Council and its joint action. These issues included the railways network among the GCC countries, the electric linkage which will save huge costs of electric power among the GCC countries and activation of the role of the private sector in developing the GCC work in the fields of trade and economy. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques appreciated the GCC leaders' desire to boost cooperation among the GCC countries in various fields. In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) following the session, Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Abdulaziz bin Moheiaddin Khoja said the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques briefed the cabinet on the discussions, consultations, meetings and contacts he held over the past few days with leaders and envoys of countries and which dealt with various Arab, Islamic and international events and developments including the two messages he received from Sheikh Khalifah bin Zayed Al Nahayyan, President of United Arab Emirates and French President Nicholas Sarkozy and the telephone call from Egyptian President Mohammad Hosni Mubarak, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Salih and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The Minister of Culture and Information said the Cabinet stressed the importance of the meeting of the King Abdullah Economic City-hosted International Understanding Council in its 27th session under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. The meeting of the council began in Thol, Saudi Arabia, today. The cabinet stressed the importance of the issues concerning the whole world which will be discussed by the meeting including conservation of energy, economic growth, international issues and the current world situation. --More
