Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques chairs Cabinet's session

Riyadh, November 03, SPA -- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet's session
held here today.


At the outset of the session, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
briefed the cabinet on the contacts and meetings he held last week
with a number of state leaders, their envoys, and representatives of
world organizations on the bilateral relations, issues of the region
and world affairs.

In this context, the king highlighted his meetings with President
Omar Hassan Albashir of the Sudan, President Mahmoud Abbas, Chairman
of the Executive Committee of Palestine Liberation Organization and
President of the Palestinian National Authority, and British Prime
Minister Gordon Brown. The king said these meetings underline the
role of the Kingdom at the international arena and its endeavors to
serve its national interests and confront challenges faced by the
Arab world and the Islamic nation.

In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA) following the session, the
Minister of Culture and Information Iyad bin Amin Madani said in this
context, the Cabinet reviewed the forthcoming meeting of the United
Nations General Assembly on the 14th and 15th of this month of
November, in support of the initiative of the Custodian of the Two
Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz on dialogue among the
followers of religions and cultures all over the world so that
dialogue and emphasis on human commonality, ethical dimensions and
family structure shall become a framework for rapprochement,
renunciation of violence, and reaching solutions for the current
crises faced by the international community. The Cabinet also
reviewed the Kingdom's participation in the Economic Summit of the
Group of 20 countries to be held in the US capital, Washington DC, on
the 17th of this month to review the international financial
situation. During the summit, the Kingdom will seek to present its
perspective on the roots of the current financial crisis, the need
for the review of the monitoring method of international banks and
the method of work and structures of the world financial institutions
in a way that reflects the world economic reality now.