King Inaugurates 1st Year of 5th Session of Shoura Council 2

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques delivered the following speech:

"In the name of Allah, the compassionate, the Merciful
Praise be to Allah, prayer and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad
and his family and companions.
My dear members of the Al Shoura Council,
Peace, Mercy and blessings of Allah be upon you all,

In the name of Allah and with His blessings, we open the works
of the first year of the fifth session of the Council, asking
Almighty Allah to ensure success to your efforts, inspire you with
opinions and advices.

I take this opportunity to thank my brother, His Excellency Dr.
Saleh bin Abdullah bin Humaid, for his efforts during his presidency
of the Council, and at the same time, I welcome brother - His
Excellency Dr.Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Al-Sheikh.

Dear Brothers:

The challenges that face your nation, both at domestic level, or at
Arab and Islamic levels demand and dictate all inadvertent vigilance,
strength that does not compromise with weakness, patience that does
not mix with despair and above all, faith in Allah, which does not
associated with disheartedness; all of these require doubling
responsibilities to counter challenges that emerge one after another
including Israeli aggression that creates mischief in the land,
Palestinian dispute between brothers which is more serious in
jeopardizing our just cause more that of the aggression of Israel on
par with other Arab and Islamic differences that are favored by the
enemy and are very painful to the friends and, above all, the global
and regional aspirations, each with its own suspicious objectives".

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