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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, may God protect him, presided over the session held by the Council of Ministers today at the Peace Palace in Jeddah.
During its meeting, the Council decided to authorize His Excellency the Minister of Transport and Logistics Services, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Transport Authority – or his representative – to discuss with the Egyptian side a draft agreement between the General Transport Authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Suez Canal Authority in the Arab Republic of Egypt for cooperation in the field of developing ship transit. Excursion and cargo ships through the Suez Canal.
He also decided to authorize His Excellency the Minister of Information, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Authority for Audiovisual Media – or his representative – to discuss with the Egyptian side a draft memorandum of understanding between the General Authority for Audiovisual Media in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Supreme Council for Media Regulation in the Republic of Egypt.
In his statement after the session, His Excellency the Minister of Information, Salman bin Youssef Al-Dossary, stated that the Council dealt with the entirety of the state’s actions in the past days, especially with regard to strengthening the bonds of relations between the Kingdom and a number of brotherly and friendly countries at the bilateral and multilateral levels in various fields.
The Cabinet noted the Kingdom’s accelerating pace towards confronting climate change and advancing green and sustainable solutions with a package of initiatives that will contribute – God willing – to reducing carbon emissions, including building the largest green hydrogen production plant in the world in Neom; It aims to meet the growing demand for energy globally, and to enhance its leading role in developing new and alternative energy sources.
And His Excellency indicated that the Council affirmed the state’s keenness to develop and diversify the Kingdom’s economy and improve the investment environment, praising in this regard the witness of the investment forum in the special economic zones held in Riyadh, in terms of signing agreements and granting licenses to start the work of these zones, which reflects the qualitative shift of the Saudi economy and its competitiveness and highlights New promising opportunities that attract direct investments to it.
The Cabinet followed the developments of events on the regional and international arenas, especially the situation in Sudan and the course of the Jeddah talks, and the resulting agreements on a short-term ceasefire and humanitarian arrangements, in light of the Kingdom’s efforts aimed at supporting political solutions in this brotherly country and bringing the views of the two sides closer. dispute.
