NEOM - The Council of Ministers held its meeting today, Tuesday, Rabi` Al-Akhir 16, 1442 AH, corresponding to December 1, 2020 AD, via video communication, headed by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prime Minister.

At the start of the session, the Council of Ministers valued the support and empowerment of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of all state agencies to ensure the improvement of their performance of their tasks and specializations, the level of services provided to citizens and residents, and the achievement of the goals of Vision 2030, noting in this regard the Kingdom’s leadership in The first session of the Arab Government Excellence Award.

The Council was briefed on the developments of the Coronavirus pandemic at the local and international levels, and the latest developments regarding anti-vaccines, in light of the great endeavor and unprecedented efforts the world is witnessing by countries, organizations and research centers with the aim of reaching an effective and effective vaccine for the virus, and the statistics in the Kingdom and the continuation of The incidence curve is declining, with an emphasis on the need for everyone to continue to adhere to the application of precautionary measures and preventive measures.

Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi, the Minister of Information in charge, stated that the Council of Ministers reviewed a number of issues about the latest developments and their developments regionally and internationally, reaffirming the Kingdom’s keenness to achieve security and development for the brotherly Yemeni people, and to move forward to implement the Riyadh Agreement to promote peace and stability, and reach a political solution. Comprehensive according to the three references, and the coalition’s political, military, security, relief and development efforts.

The Council touched on what the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the State of Kuwait and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan have announced about the launch of the “Digital Cooperation Organization”, which aims to enhance cooperation among member states and their capabilities to transform and adapt to the global economy, and seek to develop a shared digital economy for them to A trillion dollars over five years, as part of accelerating the growth of modern technology and pushing for everything that achieves digital transformation globally.

Dr. Majed Al-Qasabi stated that the Cabinet addressed the efforts undertaken by the state to eradicate corruption from its roots as a cross-border crime, referring in this context to the agreement signed by the Control and Anti-Corruption Authority with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, to implement the “Riyadh Initiative” aimed at Enhancing international cooperation between law enforcement authorities concerned with combating corruption, and the Kingdom’s support in the amount of ten million dollars, and the support of all relevant international organizations, including Interpol, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Financial Intelligence Units (The Egmont Group), and the Cooperation Organization Economic and development.

The Council reiterated the Kingdom’s condemnation of the terrorist attack that targeted civilians in northeastern Nigeria, which resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries, expressing condolences to the families of the victims and the Nigerian government and people, wishing the wounded a speedy recovery, affirming the Kingdom’s standing and solidarity with the sisterly Federal Republic of Nigeria against these heinous acts. Which target innocent lives, and undermine security and stability.