Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Chairs Cabinet's Virtual Session

NEOM, June 15, 2021, SPA -- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Prime Minister, on Tuesday chaired the Cabinet's virtual session. At the outset of the meeting, the Cabinet cited the honor bestowed by Allah the Almighty for this blessed country including the service of the Two Holy Mosques, as well as the permanent and full care it pays to pilgrims, Umrah performers, visitors and worshippers. The Cabinet also paid tribute to the Saudi authorities assigned to organize the annual pilgrimage gathering upon most highest precautionary and preventive measures to protect pilgrims, so they can perform their rituals with comfort and ease. The Cabinet, moreover, cited part of the regulatory controls, health standards and security requirements issued to control this year's Hajj (1442 H.) amid the continuing developments of the coronavirus pandemic and the emergence of its new mutations. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques briefed the Cabinet on the content of the written message he received from Sultan Haitham bin Tarik bin Temor of the Sultanate of Oman, and the phone call with President Sadir Jabarov of the Kyrgyz Republic during which bilateral relations were discussed and ways of supporting and strengthening them at all levels reviewed. On behalf of the Acting Minister of Media, the Minister of State and Member of the Cabinet Dr. Essam bin Saad bin Saeed, stated, in a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) following the meeting, that the Cabinet reviewed the overall discussions and consultations held by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the past days with a number of friendly countries, to consolidate its bilateral relations, support international and regional efforts to lay the foundations of security and stability and actively strive to resolve conflicts and address crises, reflecting Saudi Arabia's shouldering its pioneering, developmental and leading role in the Arab and Islamic worlds. In this regard, the Cabinet paid tribute to senior scholars from the Republics of Pakistan and Afghanistan for signing in Makkah under the auspices of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Declaration of Peace in Afghanistan, aiming at paving the way to resolve the long-standing Afghan crisis through negotiations among warring parties, and rejection of all acts of violence and extremism in all forms and manifestations. --SPA