Intensify efforts to ensure comfort of worshipers: King

Makkah — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has ordered that efforts should be intensified to provide more comfort and security to worshipers during the last 10 days of the holy month of Ramadan. Chairing the weekly session of the Council of Ministers at Safa Palace here late Monday night, King Salman said that the Kingdom was proud and honored to serve the guests of Allah. The King highlighted the expansion of the Two Holy Mosques and holy sites to provide the highest degree of comfort, tranquility, security and reassurance to all Muslims. The Council of Ministers thanked the King for the great attention and care being given to the two holy cities to enable worshipers to perform their rituals in an atmosphere of security, peace and comfort, Minister of State, Cabinet member and acting Minister of Culture and Information Essam Sayeed said in a statement to the Saudi Press Agency following the Cabinet session. The Cabinet lauded the depth of historical and strategic relations between the Kingdom and the US and the progress that these relations are currently witnessing in all fields. It said that the talks that Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, second deputy premier and minister of defense, had with President Barack Obama, a number of officials and executives of various companies will further enhance Saudi-US cooperation in the light of Vision 2030 and the National Transformation Program. The Cabinet appreciated the remarks made by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during his meeting with the Deputy Crown Prince in which he lauded the Kingdom’s assistance provided to displaced Syrians and developing countries and praised the leadership role played by the Kingdom in the region and the world and its strong support for the UN and its agencies. The Cabinet approved a number of arrangements to help Saudis who are unable to pay their rent and required licensed real estate agents to register the contracts of all rented housing and commercial units electronically through the electronic network.