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 results of his meetings and talks with President Rodrigo Duterte of Republic of the Philippines, Member of Parliament from British Conservative Party and Head of Saudi-British Group in British Parliament Charlotte Leslie, and President of Federation Council of Federal Assembly of Russian Federation Valentina Matviyenko. The Cabinet expressed its thanks and appreciation to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for his patronage of the closing ceremony of King Abdulaziz Festival for Camels in its new version for the year 1438 AH in the presence of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of the Kingdom of Bahrain and representatives of the leaders of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for Arab States, and his inauguration of the Saudi Village for Camels, which is the first specialized village for camels, their heritage, research and trade in the Kingdom, which embodies his interest and care of the original heritage and its value in the formation of Saudi identity and personality, commending the efforts of King Abdulaziz Foundation for Research and Archives for organizing the festival The Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Adel bin Zaid Altoraifi said in a statement to Saudi Press Agency that the Cabinet praised the outcomes of the second group of the joint determination conclave between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates within Saudi-Emirati Coordination Council, headed from the Saudi side by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and President of Council of Economic Affairs and Development, for embodying historical relations between the two countries, intensifying bilateral cooperation through continuing consultation and coordination in various areas and enhancing the role of the common Gulf action system. The Cabinet stressed the strength and firmness of the Saudi economy as the Ministry of Finance has received strong demand from investors for the first international issuance under the sukuk program which confirms the role being played by the Ministry of Finance's Public Debt Management Department in achieving the Kingdom's Vision 2030. --More 16:48 LOCAL TIME 13:48 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1616198
