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The Council of Ministers during their weekly meeting on Monday thanked Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman for launching a number of new development projects worth over SR4 billion in Madinah, referring to health, education, water and sanitation projects; and for ordering an extra SR1,691 for all the country’s beneficiaries of social aid.
The Cabinet hailed the security agencies for uncovering several plans by criminal gangs to smuggle drugs into the country aimed at harming citizens and undermining the nation’s social cohesion. The agencies were also praised for the speedy arrest of Daesh supporters in the country who had carried out a “heinous crime†that was completely against the teachings of Islam.
Essam bin Saad bin Saeed, acting minister of culture and information, said the Cabinet was briefed on several reports on current events and developments in the region and the world and lauded the outcome of the talks led by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with political and business leaders recently in the United States including President Barack Obama.
The talks would aid the country’s economic restructuring program under Vision 2030 and its operational plan, the National Transformation Program 2020, aimed at diversifying the country’s revenue sources; and further bolster relations with the United States.
The Cabinet also looked forward to the results of
Prince Mohammed’s visit to France and talks with
President Francois Hollande and other political and business leaders.