The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Chairs Cabinet Session
Riyadh, October 14, 2025, SPA -- Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet session held in Riyadh today.
The Cabinet reviewed the content of the message sent by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, to King Mohammed VI of Morocco, as well as the details of the phone call HRH the Crown Prince received from King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein of Jordan.
The Cabinet expressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's hope that the recent Sharm El-Sheikh Summit for Peace, hosted by Egypt to address the war in the Gaza Strip, will strengthen efforts toward regional security and stability, alleviate the humanitarian suffering of the Palestinian people, ensure a full Israeli withdrawal, and initiate practical steps to achieve a just and comprehensive peace based on the two-state solution, leading to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.
The Cabinet stressed the urgent need for an immediate cessation of the war in Sudan, emphasizing the preservation of the country's unity and institutions. The Cabinet called for sparing Sudan and its people from further suffering and destruction and urged the implementation of the Jeddah Declaration signed on May 11, 2023.
In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency following the session, Minister of Media Salman Al-Dossary said the Cabinet subsequently reviewed the latest developments in joint committees between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and several brotherly and friendly countries. The review covered progress made in bilateral action aimed at strengthening relations, expanding areas of cooperation, and achieving mutual interests across various fields.
The Cabinet also discussed the positive results of the Kingdom's hosting of several international meetings and forums, praising the success of the 25th Scientific Forum for Hajj, Umrah, and Visit Research, held under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. The Cabinet commended the forum’s innovative initiatives, which are expected to contribute to enhancing the quality of services provided to pilgrims.
The Cabinet considered the launch of the MENA Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Network a practical measure for building an advanced system that will enhance the capabilities of countries in the region to effectively combat corruption and money laundering.
The Cabinet congratulated Saudi scientist Omar Yaghi, the co-director at the KACST–UC Berkeley Center of Excellence, on winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. This prestigious award embodies the state's continued support and patronage of the entire research, development, and innovation system, as well as of scientists and researchers across various fields.
The Cabinet addressed other items on its agenda and issued several decisions, including the following:
First:
Approving a memorandum of understanding between the Saudi Ministry of Energy and the United Nations Environment Programme.
Second:
Authorizing the minister of environment, water, and agriculture, chairman of the Saudi Water Authority, or a deputy, to discuss and sign a draft memorandum of understanding in the field of water industry between the Saudi Water Authority and the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Third:
Approving the model memorandum of understanding for cooperation in tourism promotion and marketing between the Saudi Tourism Authority and its counterparts in other countries, and authorizing the minister of tourism, chairman of the Saudi Tourism Authority, or a deputy, to discuss and sign draft memoranda of understanding with counterparts based on the approved model.
Fourth:
Approving memoranda of understanding for cooperation and exchange of expertise in the field of statistics between the General Authority for Statistics and the Qatari National Statistics Center, and the UAE Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Center.
Fifth:
Authorizing the chairman of the Research, Development, and Innovation Authority, or a deputy, to discuss and sign a draft memorandum of understanding in the field of research, development, and innovation between the Saudi Research, Development, and Innovation Authority and the Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council.
Sixth:
Authorizing the attorney general, or a deputy, to sign a draft memorandum of understanding between the Saudi Public Prosecution and the Turkish General Prosecution Office of the Supreme Court of Appeal.
Seventh:
Authorizing the minister of education, chairman of the National eLearning Center, or a deputy, to discuss and sign a draft memorandum of understanding for cooperation in e-learning between the National eLearning Center and the Korea Education and Research Information Service.
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