Saudi crown prince chairs cabinet's session

Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, chaired the Cabinet's session at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah on Monday afternoon. At the outset of the session, the Crown Prince briefed the Cabinet on talks he held with King Juan Carlos of Kingdom of Spain, commending deep relations between the two countries and the keenness of the two sides to enhance them in various fields. The Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohiuddin Khoja said in a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) following the session that the Cabinet reviewed a number of issues at local, regional and international arenas. The Cabinet was briefed on the results of the first consultative meeting of Joint Defense Council of Ministers of Defense of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Arab States in the presence of Secretary of State of the United States of America to discuss views on cooperation frameworks to serve the common interests and contribute to the enhancement of regional security and world peace, commending the meeting's confirmation of the desire of both sides to strengthen relations of cooperation and strategic partnership between them and coordinate their efforts to achieve further cooperation to maintain the region's security and stability. The Cabinet welcomed the outcome of the first session of Forum of Arab Economy and Cooperation with the countries of Central Asia and the Republic of Azerbaijan, the signing of bilateral agreements during the forum, Riyadh Declaration issued by the session, and the constructive initiatives for closer cooperation and development shown by the two sides, expressing its hope that will be a strong start to build a constructive cooperation between the Arab Group and the countries of Central Asia and Azerbaijan, including many aspects of cooperation to serve the security and stability of these countries and the world. On the occasion of announcing the winners of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Global Translation Award in its seventh session, the Cabinet expressed its appreciation of the award's success and major international presence, thanks to the special attention given by the King for this award and its development as one of the titles of the Kingdom's attention to invention and inventors emanating from his vision towards the consolidation of the knowledge base society and the cultural and civilizational dialogue among nations and peoples, as translation and understanding of the other are considered as a basis for knowledge and successful and fruitful dialogue.