Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The Saudi Council of Ministers reiterated on Tuesday its demand that the Israeli authorities should be held accountable for crimes of genocide and grave violations being perpetrated towards unarmed Palestinian civilians.
The weekly session of the Cupboard, chaired by Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, condemned the repeated statements by the Israeli prime minister on the pressured displacement of Palestinians and the continued use of blockades and hunger ways to impose this forcefully. The Cupboard said that these actions represent a blatant violation of worldwide regulation and humanitarian ideas.
On the outset of the session, the Crown Prince briefed the Cupboard on his assembly with United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and on his cellphone calls with French President Emmanuel Macron and Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof. In an announcement to the Saudi Press Company following the session, Minister of Media Salman Al-Dossary mentioned that the Cupboard recommended the brand new set of improvement initiatives launched by the King Salman Humanitarian Support and Aid Middle (KSrelief) to satisfy the pressing wants of the Syrian individuals. These initiatives give attention to meals safety, well being, schooling, shelter, and rehabilitation to help restoration efforts and alleviate the struggling of these affected.
The Cupboard praised the outcomes of the fifth assembly of the Financial and Social Pillar of the Saudi-UK Strategic Partnership Council and the closing convention of the GREAT FUTURES initiative, which resulted within the announcement of 38 agreements with a complete worth exceeding SR20 billion and the launch of a brand new partnership between the 2 nations geared toward growing key sectors and leveraging promising alternatives inside Saudi Imaginative and prescient 2030.
The Cupboard recommended the outcomes of the World Symposium for Regulators, hosted by the Kingdom, reflecting the nation’s dedication to shaping future insurance policies for the very important expertise sector and underscoring Saudi Arabia’s important function within the world digital panorama and its efforts to construct technological connections that promote human cooperation and sustainable improvement each regionally and internationally.
The Cupboard reviewed a number of of the Kingdom’s financial indicators, together with a 3.9 p.c GDP progress within the second quarter of 2025, largely pushed by non-oil actions, which now make up 56 p.c of the entire economic system.
The Cupboard additionally described the Kingdom’s international direct funding (FDI) outcomes for 2024 as promising. For the fourth consecutive 12 months, FDI inflows have exceeded nationwide technique targets, rising by 24.2 p.c, resulting in fastened capital formation reaching a brand new historic excessive.
The Cupboard accredited a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the trade of prison info between the worldwide partnership packages of the Saudi Ministry of Inside and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the US Division of Justice, and endorsed one other MoU on schooling, coaching, scientific analysis, and group service between the Common Directorate of Border Guard on the Saudi Ministry of Inside (Ministry of Inside Border Safety Academy) and the Arab Academy for Science, Know-how and Maritime Transport, affiliated with the Arab League.
The Council approved the minister of surroundings, water and agriculture or his deputy to debate and signal with the Moroccan aspect a draft MoU on commerce and technical trade within the palm and dates sector between the Saudi Ministry of Atmosphere, Water and Agriculture and the Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture, Marine Fisheries, Rural Improvement, Water and Forests.
The Cupboard accredited the statute of the Labor Middle of the Group of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and a memorandum of cooperation on mining and mineral assets between the Saudi Ministry of Trade and Mineral Sources and the US Division of Vitality. The Council accredited the organizational construction and handbook for the Ministry of Transport and Logistics, and the group of the Nationwide Middle for Transport Security.