AlQa'dah 5, 1432; Oct 3, 2011, SPA-- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet session held at Al-Yamamah Palace here today. At the outset of the session, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques briefed the Cabinet on talks, consultations and contacts he recently held with a number of leaders of brotherly and friendly countries and their envoys on means of enhancing cooperation and on the latest developments at regional and international levels. The King briefed the Cabinet on the talks he held with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of the Kingdom of Bahrain and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques also briefed the Cabinet on the telephone call he received from King Juan Carlos of Spain and the audience he held for U.S. President's Advisor for National Security Thomas Donilon. The King hailed the depth of relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and those countries, expressing his keenness to promote them to serve the mutual interests, peace, and international stability. In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA) following the session, Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohieddin Khoja said the Cabinet reviewed a number of reports on the latest developments in Arab countries and the world, renewing the firm stances of the Kingdom towards them, stressing the contents of the Kingdom's speech in the meetings of the 66th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. The Cabinet condemned the continuation of Israeli authorities in violating the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and the continued acquisition of more Palestinian territories, including the building of 1100 housing units in "Jello" in Eastern Al-Quds, adding that such practices and others reflect the absence of the good will of the Israeli government and its insistence on displacement of the Palestinian people as well as its confiscation of their territories and properties to undermine the prospects for creating a contiguous and viable Palestinian state. --More
