The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet's session at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on Monday. At the outset of the session, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques briefed the Cabinet on the consultations and meetings he held over the previous days with a number of leaders of states and their envoys on the latest developments at Arab, regional and international arenas. The King valued the visit paid by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain, commending the bilateral relations binding the two brotherly countries. In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA) following the session, the Minister of Culture and Information Iyad bin Amin Madani said that the Cabinet emphasized the importance of the 11th Islamic Summit to be held next Thursday in Dakar, Senegal, in view of the challenges and circumstances witnessed by the Islamic world which necessitate a unified Islamic effort. --More