VICE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ AL SAUD CHAIRED THE CABINET'S WEEKLY SESSION HELD HERE TODAY. AT THE OUTSET OF THE SESSION, THE VICE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES BRIEFED THE COUNCIL ON THE CONSULTATIONS AND CONTACTS HE MADE OVER THE PREVIOUS DAYS WITH MANY STATE LEADERS ON REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS. IN A STATEMENT TO SAUDI PRESS AGENCY FOLLOWING THE SESSION, MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND PLANNING AND ACTING MINISTER OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION KHALID BIN MOHAMMAD ALQUSAIBI SAID THE CABINET REITERATED THE IMPORTANCE OF LEBANON'S STABILITY, SECURITY, INDEPENDENCE AND SAFETY AS WELL AS CONCORD AND UNDERSTANDING IN LEBANON FOR THE INTEREST OF LEBANON AND ITS PEOPLE. THE CABINET HOPED THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S RESOLUTION NUMBER 1757 ESTABLISHING AN INTERNATIONAL COURT TO TRY THE ACCUSED IN THE ASSASSINATION OF FORMER LEBANESE PREMIER RAFIQ ALHARIRI WILL BRING JUSTICE AND PUT AN END TO ASSASSINATIONS SUFFERED BY LEBANON AND THE LEBANESE DURING THE LAST YEARS, ALQUSAIBI SAID. ALQUSAIBI ADDED THAT ON DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, THE CABINET STATED THAT ISRAEL'S CONSTANT AGGRESSION REQUIRES AN INTERNATIONAL UNIFIED AND DECISIVE POSITION TO STOP PALESTINIAN BLOODSHED AS A RESULT OF THIS ESCALATION; TO FORCE ISRAEL TO ADHERE TO INTERNATIONAL LEGITIMACY RESOLUTIONS AND BILATERAL AGREEMENTS, AND TO WORK TOWARDS ACTIVATING INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO PUT IN MOTION THE PEACE PROCESS IN LINE WITH THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL QUARTET COMMITTEE WHICH ENDED A MEETING IN BERLIN RECENTLY AND THE ARAB PEACE INITIATIVE. AS REGARDS DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, ALQUSAIBI SAID THAT THE CABINET STRESSED THE SOLIDITY AND STRENGTH OF THE SAUDI ECONOMY AND ITS FUTURE. ALQUSAIBI POINTED OUT THAT THE VICE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES STRESSED THAT, UNDER THE DIRECTIVES OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE ECONOMIC POLICY ALWAYS SEEKS TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, BUILD MODERN ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS, CREATE AN ENCOURAGING ENVIRONMENT FOR INVESTMENT AND ASSERT HARMONIZATION BETWEEN OUTPUTS OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING ON THE ONE HAND, AND LABOR MARKET REQUIREMENTS ON THE OTHER. "THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION TO ENHANCE THE SAUDI ECONOMY'S ATTRACTIVENESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND TO INCREASE ITS ABILITY TO FACE THE CHALLENGES AND CONTINUE MOVING TO A BRIGHT FUTURE", HE ADDED. --MORE
