The suggestion was made when the annual report of the ministry was tabled at a session of the Shoura Council held under the chairmanship of Abdullah Al-Asheikh on Monday.
Following the Monday's session, Shoura Council Secretary-General Muhammed Al-Ghamdi said the members felt that young Saudis should be trained in the oil, gas and mining industry so that they could find suitable employment in local and foreign companies that are licensed to operate in the Kingdom.
During the reading of the annual report, the house said that the ministry should explore better mode of transport for the supply of oil within the Kingdom. It also suggested that the ministry should consider resuming the operation of the oil pipeline to the north of the Kingdom which ceased some time ago.
The members also felt that the Kingdom, being the largest oil producer in the world, should have a comprehensive policy which could look after the interests of both the producers and consumers throughout the globe. " A balance must be maintained between supply and demand so that the oil producing and oil consuming countries would not be affected at any cost," Al-Ghamdi said.
The council also said that a definite plan must be chalked out with a timeframe for the establishment of more branches of the Central Bureau of Investigations and Prosecutions. The government also should man these agencies with efficient and qualified professionals to offer better services for the people. The house requested the government to allocate adequate funds for construction of new complexes and to train the human resources that would be deployed in the new branches.
The house approved a draft memorandum of understanding of cooperation between the Institute of Public Administration (IPA) and the National School of Administration based in Paris. The agreement would provide for the organization of seminars in the field of public administration in both countries for senior civil servants and exchange of experiences in the field of job training, information exchange in research studies, publications and training materials.
On Monday Shoura Council Chairman Al-Asheikh received the ambassador-designate of Belgium to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Marc Vinck. The Speaker welcomed the new ambassador and wished him success in his mission in contributing to strengthening the bilateral relations between the two friendly countries, particularly at the parliamentary level.
During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations and explored means of enhancing cooperation in various fields, especially parliamentary relations between the council and the Belgian Parliament and activating the role of the Saudi-Belgian Parliamentary Friendship Committees to serve the interests of the two friendly nations .
The meeting was also attended by Abdul-Rahman bin Othman Al-Sughair, director general of Public Relations and Information of the Shoura Council.
