Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Chairs Cabinet's Session

Riyadh, December 31, 2019, SPA -- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet's session held at Al-Yamamah Palace here today. At the outset of the session, the King briefed the Cabinet on the content of the two messages received from President Sahle-Work Zewde and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The Cabinet welcomed the signing by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the State of Kuwait of an agreement annexed to the two agreements of dividing the divided and the submerged zones, adjacent to the divided zone, and a memorandum of understanding related to procedures for resuming oil production from the divided and submerged zones on both sides. The Cabinet also stressed that this embodies an aspect of deep-rooted relations between the two countries, led by The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait. The Minister of Media, Turki bin Abdullah Al-Shabanah, pointed out in a statement to the Saudi Press Agency after the session, that the Cabinet reviewed latest developments in the region and the world, stressing the Kingdom's wide attention and follow-up to the sufferings of Muslims in Myanmar, praising in this regard the United Nations General Assembly adoption of the "Situation of Human Rights of Rohingya Muslims And Other Minorities In Myanmar" resolution, which the Kingdom submitted on behalf of its sponsoring countries, emanating from its belief in the need to find a solution to their tragedy and recognize their right of citizenship and a decent life. The Cabinet reviewed the final statement of the meeting of independent members representatives of Syrian revolution and opposition forces held in Riyadh, with participation of Syrian national figures from all components of the Syrian people, citing the importance of the political process to achieve a political transition in accordance with international decisions, a condemnation of terrorism in all its forms, a demand for Foreign forces and militias, foremost of which Iranian militias, to exit from Syria, and a call on the international community to assume its responsibilities towards that. The cabinet stressed its keenness on unity, sovereignty, stability and cohesion of social fabric of Syria. Minister of Media stated that the Cabinet praised the efforts of the Presidency of the State Security and its employees in following up and tracking down criminal elements who were trying to undermine the security and stability of the country, its citizens and residents. In this context, it indicated the exposing and thwarting terrorist elements in Dammam who were traveling in a bombed car and trying to carry out an imminent terrorist operation, and eliminating two of them and arresting the third. The Cabinet expressed the Kingdom's condemnation and denunciation of the attacks by terrorist militias backed by the Iranian regime against the American forces present in Iraq within the international coalition to confront ISIS terrorist organization, stressing that these terrorist attacks violate the sovereignty of Iraq, affect its security and stability and directly affect the efforts to combat terrorism, which necessitates supporting cooperation efforts between the Iraqi government and the international coalition forces led by the United States of America by investigating the incident of the attack that targeted an Iraqi base near Kirkuk, and taking appropriate measures to prevent the recurrence of hostilities supported by the Iranian regime. The Cabinet also renewed the Kingdom's condemnation and denunciation of the attack that targeted a military site north of Burkina Faso, and the bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu, which resulted in dozens of civilians and security men killed and wounded. The Cabinet affirmed the Kingdom's position rejecting all forms of violence, extremism and terrorism, expressing its condolences and sympathy to the governments and peoples of Somalia and Burkina Faso, and its wishes for a speedy recovery for the injured. --SPA