RIYADH: The Cabinet at its weekly meeting on Monday condemned the assassination of the governor of Aden, the terror attacks in Chad and California, US.

The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, at Al-Yamamah Palace, appreciated the Kingdom’s keenness to solve the Syrian crisis politically and to host all categories of moderate Syrian opposition to participate in an expanded meeting of the Syrian opposition in Riyadh, scheduled for Dec. 8- 10, in consultation with all parties concerned and the UN envoy in Syria.
The meeting renewed call on members of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to implement the Chemical Weapons Convention and boost global cooperation in this regard.
The Cabinet also welcomed the UN Security Council Resolution No 2235, 2015, for the formation of a joint committee from the UN and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to investigate the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
The Cabinet welcomed leaders of the GCC countries in their 36th Summit, scheduled for Wednesday in Riyadh and praised achievements realized by the GCC countries.
The meeting renewed call on the countries joining the Conference of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, recently held in Paris, to jointly launch an initiative on studies related to clean energy and encourage investments in these areas to realize the objectives of the clean energy.
The Cabinet appreciated the statement issued following the convening of the Saudi-Egyptian Coordination Council (SECC) in Riyadh, headed by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Egyptian Premier Sharif Ismail Mohammed.

The joint meeting agreed to form work teams to support the SECC to complete reviewing initiatives, draft agreements, memorandums of understanding and executive programs emanating from the Cairo Declaration.

The Cabinet was briefed on the results of the Kingdom’s participation, represented by King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Works, at the 6th annual conference on effective partnership and exchange of information on humanitarian action in Kuwait, where the conference was briefed on the center’s humanitarian programs and works in Yemen.
At the local front, the Cabinet appreciated the approval of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques of the launching of King Salman Program for Human Resources Development, which is aimed to raise the level of performance of government employees and their productivity.
The Cabinet was briefed on reports related to preparations for upcoming municipal elections.
Later, the Cabinet approved number of decisions including the banning of cultivation of green fodder in a period not exceeding three years where the Ministry of Agriculture is assigned to prepare an all-out study to ensure the implementation of the decision and provide suitable alternatives for animal breeders to have fodder at affordable prices.
The meeting approved the application of the private health company system on the charity societies desiring to open charity health companies and authorized the Minister of Telecommunications’ and Information Technology to discuss two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with the South Korean side on cooperation in the area of e-government, and telecom and IT.
The Cabinet authorized the Minister of Civil Service, or whom he authorizes, to discuss with the Mauritanian side a MoU in the area of civil service between the two countries.
The Cabinet also authorized the president of King Abdullah City for Nuclear and Renewable Energy, or whom he authorizes, to discuss with the South African and Spanish sides on a draft cooperation agreement in the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes between the Kingdom and the two countries.
It approved a system of authority of public endowments and agreed that the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance represents the Kingdom at regional and international conferences and forums related to endowments.

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