The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet's session held at Al-Yamamah Palace on Tuesday.
Atthe outset of the session, the King briefed the Cabinet on the results of histalks with President Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ghazouani of the Islamic Republic ofMauritania and President Abdelmadjid Tebboune of the People's DemocraticRepublic of Algeria, during which they reviewed ways to develop and strengthenbilateral relations in various fields and latest regional and internationaldevelopments.
TheCabinet expressed its appreciation for royal decrees issued recently includingprocedures of merging, transforming and amending in a number of bodies andministries, stressing that they come within the framework of reforms andchanges aimed at developing the homeland and the welfare of citizens in allregions of the Kingdom in line with the vision 2030, and providing everythingthat contributes to achieving their aspirations and ambitions. The Cabinetwelcomed ministers appointed in their new posts, wishing them all success.
TheCabinet stressed that precautionary measures that the Kingdom has takentemporarily, as a complement to the efforts to provide maximum protection forthe safety of citizens, residents and all who come to the Kingdom's lands toperform Umrah, visit the Prophet's Mosque or for tourism, based on therecommendations of health authorities concerned with applying the highestprecautionary standards and taking proactive preventive measures on theCoronavirus (19-COVID) and its spread locally and globally, are subject tocontinuous evaluation by concerned authorities, and added to the Kingdom's supportfor all international measures taken to curb the spread of this virus.
TheCabinet also praised the efforts being made by the Ministry of Health incooperation with the Ministry of Interior, the Civil Aviation Authority andother government agencies to tackle the virus, follow up any economicrepercussions and make necessary arrangements to deal with it.
Ministerof State, Cabinet's Member, Acting Minister of Media, Dr. Essam bin Saad binSaeed said in a statement to the Saudi Press Agency after the session that theCabinet followed up what was called on by the Arab Health Ministers Council atthe end of its fifty-third session in Cairo on the need to enhance cooperationbetween Arab countries to implement joint measures to prevent the transmissionof the new Coronavirus, support countries affected by the virus when monitoringnew cases, make the best use of activating risk assessment systems andapproaches at the level of Arab countries, and continue implementing preventivemeasures as per World Health Organization guidelines.
TheCabinet reviewed the contents of the joint statement issued at the end of thevisit of President Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ghazouani of the Islamic Republic ofMauritania to the Kingdom, signing of memorandums of understanding and cooperationprograms, the enhancement of communication between the two countries at alllevels in various fields, and their commitment to continue combating terrorismin all its forms and manifestations, stressing the depth of the ties betweenthe two sisterly countries, and the Kingdom's permanent and continuous supportfor everything that serves and achieves further cooperation between them.
