Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Commander of the National Guard, chaired the weekly Cabinet's session at Al-Yamamah palace in Riyadh on Monday. In the name of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdulaziz and in his own name, the Crown Prince congratulated the Saudi people and Arab and Islamic nations on the advent of the blessing month of Ramadan, noting that this month embodies the realities of unity, solidarity and cooperation in good deeds. The Crown Prince briefed the Cabinet on the contents of messages, contacts, talks and consultations held over the previous days between the Kingdom and brotherly and friendly countries on the latest developments in the region particularly the deteriorating situation in the Palestinian occupied territories and Iraq. In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency following the session, the Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Fuad bin Abdulsalam Al-Farsi said that the Cabinet warned of the tragic situation in Gaza Strip which forebodes a humanitarian catastrophe if Israel's occupation authorities continue the annihilation campaign against the Palestinian people in the Strip and other Palestinian territories. The Cabinet stressed that the situation will dangerously escalate following the failure of the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution against these brutal acts which made the Israeli authorities continue their systematic annihilation war against the Palestinian people. --More 2054 Local Time 1754 GMT
