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King Salman led the cabinet’s weekly meeting yesterday after recovering from a bout of inflammation in the lungs, state news agency SPA reports. Yesterday’s meeting — which the King chaired virtually — marks his first appearance since he was admitted to Jeddah’s Al Salam Royal Palace for treatment earlier this month.
Getting down to business: Cabinet ratified an agreement with the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition that will see the military alliance — in which the Kingdom is a member — move its headquarters to the Kingdom. It also mandated the Economy and Planning Minister to discuss and sign MoUs on economic cooperation with several of his counterparts in other countries — whose names were not disclosed.
Cabinet also approved in principle setting up the Green Riyadh Foundation, the statement says, without disclosing further details on its scope of work. It also approved turning decades-old educational institute Model Capital Institute to a nonprofit organization. The institute was established in 1940 when the late King Abdul Aziz decided to allocate a part of his palace for his children’s education before turning it into a school for the royals and others from across the Kingdom. It currently offers education from kindergarten to high school.
Also approved at yesterday’s cabinet meeting:
- An MoU between the Industry and Mineral Resources Ministry and counterparts in Russia on geology and mineral resources;
- Mandating Education minister to discuss and sign an MoU with counterparts in the US on higher education and scientific research;
- Mandating the Saudi Food and Drug Authority to discuss and sign an MoU with British counterparts on veterinary pharma.
