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. At the outset of the session, the King briefed the Cabinet on the outcomes of his meetings with former Chancellor of Germany and Honorary President of German Near and Middle East Association Gerhard Schroeder, the Speaker of House of Representatives of Supreme Assembly of Republic of Tajikistan Shukurjon Zuhurov and Counterterrorism Coordinator in the European Union Gilles de Kerchove. The Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Adel bin Zaid Altoraifi said in a statement to Saudi Press Agency following the session that the Cabinet was briefed on reports on the developments of events at the international arena, expressing its congratulations to President Donald Trump of the United States of America on the occasion of swearing the oath and assuming the presidency of the United States of America, commending deep relations between the Kingdom and the United States of America and their keenness on enhancing them in various fields to serve the common interests of the two countries and their peoples. The Cabinet welcomed the statement issued by the extraordinary meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of Member States of Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur on the situation of Muslim minority Rohingya in Myanmar, and its confirmation of absolute condemnation of all illegitimate settlement activities being practiced by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories, emphasis on the centralization of Al-Quds holy city, and rejection of all attempts that undermine the Palestinians' right for the full sovereignty over the city of Al-Quds, as the capital of the State of Palestine. --More
