Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, chaired here Monday afternoon a meeting of the Cabinet. At the beginning of the meeting, on behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Crown Prince expressed the warm welcome of the government and people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the leaders of Arab countries and all the invitees to the Arab economic and social development summit, to be hosted by the Kingdom on next Monday and Tuesday in the city of Riyadh, praying Allah Almighty to crown the efforts of the leaders of the Arab countries with success to serve the Arab common interests. The Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohieddin Khoja, in a statement to Saudi Press Agency, after the session, said that the Cabinet wished success to members of Majlis Al-Shura at its 6th session, which included the participation of women as members of the Majlis along the lines of the provisions of the Islamic Sharia, stressing that entry of women in Majlis Al-Shura as issued by the royal order of the King represents an important contribution to the work of the Majlis Al-Shura in the Kingdom and a broad spectrum of choice to give the Majlis a large domain in the direction of positive and continuing diversity for the fact that women have in their field, interest and specialization with a vision worthy of benefits from it to contribute to the activation of the national decision. The Cabinet also expressed its appreciation of all blessed efforts of the former members of the Majlis Al-Shura. The Cabinet also touched on the Kingdom's attractive economic environment and investments and the current fiscal year (1434/1435 H) budget's continued spending on programs and projects in support of the march of development and progress, for the service of the homeland and the citizens, the provision of more job opportunities and improvement of the services offered to citizens, stressing that the Kingdom's enjoyment of the security and stability is due to the grace of Allah Almighty and then to the wise policy pursued by the Government of the Kingdom. --More
