Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, chaired the cabinet session on Monday afternoon at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh. In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA) following the session, the Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohieddin Khoja said that the cabinet reviewed a number of reports on the course of events and developments at Arab, regional and international arenas. The cabinet hailed the valuable implications which were included in the speech of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud before the 12th Islamic Summit session in Cairo. The cabinet also praised efforts made by the Arab Republic of Egypt, led by President Mohammad Morsi during the hosting of the summit, and the summit's final communiqué, which covered various issues of concern to the Muslim world in all their political, economic and humanitarian dimensions, expressing hope of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that the summit's results will help achieve the aspirations of the Islamic nation and improve joint Islamic action. The Minister of Culture and Information said that the cabinet touched on the work of the Third Ministerial Meeting on Security Council Reform, which was held in Italy under the title "New Approaches to Reforming the Security Council" and stressed in this regard the importance of the road map for reforms of the Security Council presented by the Kingdom to the conference and which relies on six bases of the principle of transparency and clear vision required for addressing the issue of reform of the Security Council and the United Nations. --More
