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. - The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques briefed the Cabinet on the outcome of his talks with President of South Africa, praising the close relations between the two countries and their peoples in various fields, commending the economic and political positions of the two countries at the global arena; and briefing the Cabinet on the outcome of his meeting with the Speaker of Georgia Parliament. - The Cabinet welcomed the convening of the first meeting of the Chiefs of Staff of the Countries of Military Islamic Alliance for Countering Terrorism, stressing Riyadh Declaration issued by the meeting that asserted the importance of the collective work as well the comprehensive strategic perspective to counter terrorism and extremism. - The Cabinet renewed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's calls on the United Nations Security Council to establish an international protection system for the Palestinian state including holy Al-Quds, expressing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's condemnation of Israeli authorities for continuing construction of Jewish settlements in the occupied Arab territories and its regret about the resignation of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories due to the lack of cooperation by the Israeli occupation authorities. - The Cabinet expressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's condemnation of terrorist bombings in Babel Province, south of Baghdad, Lahore city of East Pakistan, and in Brussels which resulted in casualties and injuries. - The Cabinet confirmed the care given by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to scholars and scientists reflected in his patronizing of the awarding ceremony of King Faisal International Prize 2016, commending the recommendations of the Fourth Saudi-United States Business Opportunities Forum organized by the Ministry of Commerce under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.
