JEDDAH, 24 April — Saudi Arabia blasted Israel yesterday for attacking the Palestinian people and reiterated its call for the international community to intervene immediately to stop the savage Israeli attacks.
“The Cabinet renewed the Saudi Arabian government’s and people’s condemnation of the Israeli aggression, terrorism and oppression against innocent Palestinians,” Information Minister Fuad Al-Farsi said.
“We urge all peace-loving countries to step up efforts to halt Israeli aggression which has defied the will of the international community and violated the simplest of human rights,” Al-Farsi said in a statement issued after the weekly Cabinet meeting chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd at Al-Salam Palace yesterday.
In his address to the Council of Ministers King Fahd underscored the Kingdom’s desire to strengthen and maintain close relations with all sisterly and friendly countries in all areas particularly in the fields of economy, security and culture. King Fahd commended the Saudi foreign policy since the time of the late King Abdul Aziz, founder of the Kingdom, which has been keen on strong ties with peace-loving countries on the basis of mutual respect and non-interference in each other’s internal affairs.
The Council of Ministers also appointed the National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development as the national agency to liaise with the secretariat of the biodiversity agreement and coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Meteorological and Environmental Protection Administration for the agreement’s implementation.
The Cabinet also approved the setting up of a commission to settle labor disputes in Alkhobar governorate. The commission is to be headed by Ibrahim Al-Hammoud while Al-Humaidi Al-Otaiby and Salem Al-Shamri will be its members.
The Cabinet appointed Abdul Fattah ibn Fuad as the director general of the Water and Sewage Department in Makkah region, Ali ibn Ali Al-Sharikh as security adviser at the Ministry of Interior, Tawfiq Al-Muhammadi as petroleum consultant engineer at the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources and transferred and appointed Saad ibn Muhammad Al-Salim as director general of interior minister’s office, the information minister added.
