Vice Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired a meeting of the Council of Ministers here this afternoon. In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency following the session, Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohieddin Khoja said that the Cabinet listened to a report on the evolution of events, regionally and internationally, including the continuing deterioration of human rights in Syria and the occupied Palestinian territories, and violations against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and stressed the decisions of the Human Rights Council in Geneva in this regard. The Council also noted the decisions of the 127th session of the Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Jeddah and the firm positions expressed by the GCC countries toward the regional, Arab and international situations. In domestic affairs, the Cabinet expressed the appreciation of the Kingdom for the announcement by the Standard & Poor's credit rating agency raising the outlook for the sovereign rating of the Kingdom from stable to positive at a high credit rate - AA, stressing that these positive evaluations issued by the largest rating agency confirm confidence in the strength of the Kingdom's economy due to the wise policies in line with the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. --More 15:00 LOCAL TIME 12:00 GMT تغريد
