The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet's session at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on Monday afternoon. At the outset of the session, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques briefed the Cabinet on his talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Turkey, President Park Geun-hye of the Republic of Korea, and Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and his meetings with United States Secretary of State John Kerry, and German Minister of Economy and Energy and Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, which dealt with the prospects of cooperation between the Kingdom and these sisterly and friendly countries and overall events and latest developments at regional and international arenas. The Cabinet commended deep relations between the Kingdom and these countries and the keenness of all on their enhancement in various fields. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques also briefed the Cabinet on the content of the message which he received from President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi of the Republic of Yemen on the delicate and critical conditions experienced by our brothers in Yemen due to the Houthi coup against the constitutional legitimacy, and his call on his brothers in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to continue their constructive role to hold a conference under the Council's umbrella in Riyadh to be attended by all Yemeni political strata wishing to maintain the security and stability of Yemen. The King briefed the Cabinet on the welcome and positive response of the leaders of the GCC countries to the request of the President of Yemen to hold a conference under the umbrella of the Council in Riyadh, and that the Council's Secretariat shall set the necessary arrangements for this, stressing the continuation of the Kingdom's firm positions to stand by the brotherly people of Yemen, and that the security of the GCC States and the security of Yemen are as whole and indivisive. The Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Adel Zaid Altoraifi said in statement to Saudi Press Agency following the session that the Cabinet reviewed a number of reports on events and latest developments at regional and international arenas, and commended the Kingdom's signing of several agreements and memorandums of understanding with the Republic of Korea, including the Peaceful Memorandum of Understanding in the nuclear side which includes cooperation programs relating to " The establishment of the partnership in the technology of a reactor with small compact units" and "Building common nuclear human capabilities and academic research''; and that it will work to promote and enhance cooperation in the field of technology and nuclear links for the interest of the creative economy. --More 16:00 LOCAL TIME 13:00 GMT تغريد
