The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet's session at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah on Monday afternoon. - The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques briefed the Cabinet on the message received from the King of Bahrain, the telephone call received from the President of Republic of Turkey, and the results of his meetings with the United States Secretary of State and the Commander of United States Central Command. - The Cabinet confirmed the Kingdom's continuing policy in cooperation with all to achieve the international peace and security, solve conflicts by peaceful means and respect human rights, reiterating what was expressed by the Kingdom at the high-level discussion session of the United Nations titled "International peace and security in a world of risks: a new commitment towards peace " that the Kingdom will spare no effort to work collectively with international organizations and member states that believe in the collective action in order to achieve the good for all humanity. - The Cabinet was briefed on what had been done at the meeting with officials responsible for the affairs of Hajj of the Islamic Republic of Iran on the discussion of the arrangements and requirements of Iranian pilgrims affairs like other pilgrims from various countries around the world, during which the Iranian delegation refused to sign the minutes of the agreement to complete arrangements for their pilgrims. - The Cabinet renewed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's confirmation that emanating from its duties and responsibilities towards the service of the guests of the Grand Holy Mosque, it welcomes and is honored in serving pilgrims, Umrah performers and visitors of all nationalities and it does not prevent any Muslim from coming to the holy lands. - The Cabinet pointed out that the decision to prevent Iranian citizens from coming to perform Hajj rites was due to Iranian officials who will be responsible in front of Allah Almighty and the entire world, stressing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's rejection of Iranian attempts to put obstacles to prevent the arrival of Iranian pilgrims aiming to politicize Hajj rites and exploit them for harming the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
