The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet session held today at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh. At the outset of the session, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques briefed the Cabinet on the contacts, meetings and consultations that took place during the last week with a number of leaders of brotherly and friendly countries and their envoys on the latest developments in the region and the world, including the talks he held with Jordanian King Abdullah II on the overall situation at Arab arena, the efforts exerted to achieve peace in the region, and Arab efforts to promote brotherly relations. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques briefed the Cabinet on the messages he sent to Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Egyptian President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak and Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. He also briefed the Cabinet on the telephone call he received from Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir as well as his meetings with Omani Minister for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi Abdullah, German Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and Chinese Minister of Commerce Chen Deming. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques stressed that these meetings, contacts and messages come within the framework of consultation and rank unification to achieve Arab interests. The King praised the conformity of views among the leaders on the various regional issues. The King stressed also the need to intensify efforts towards a just and comprehensive settlement of the peace process in the region, particularly in light of regional and international actions for the revitalization of the peace process. The King also emphasized the importance of intensifying efforts to achieve comprehensive and just settlement of the conflict which, in turn, will lead to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Al-Quds as its capital. --More
