The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet session which was held at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh today. In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA) following the session, Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohieddin Khoja, Minister of Culture and Information, said the Cabinet discussed the latest developments at regional, Arab and international arenas, renewing the firm stances of the Kingdom towards them and stressing its commitment and support for all sincere efforts to achieve global security and stability. The Cabinet welcomed the decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council at the end of its session in Geneva on human rights in a number of countries, hailing its condemnation for Israel's violations of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories and its adoption of a resolution on the Palestinian people's right to self-determination. The Cabinet lauded Human Rights Council's demand that all Member States of the United Nations support the Palestinian people to establish their independent state. The Cabinet praised Human Rights Council's condemnation of the continued Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories. The Cabinet hailed the Human Rights Council's decision to establish an independent international fact-finding mission to investigate the implications of the Israeli settlements on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people. Dr. Khoja said that the Cabinet expressed a condemnation of the Kingdom of the criminal act carried out by a terrorist in Toulouse and Montauban, France, which killed six French citizens, stressing the Kingdom's stance of refusing all acts of violence and terrorism that lead to the loss of innocent lives. The Cabinet expressed condolences of the Kingdom to the government and people of France in this tragedy. --More
