Saudi Cabinet Approves Consumer Protection Law: 15 Decisions Issued as Crown Prince Briefs Ministers on Bahrain and Syria Talks
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman chaired a Cabinet session in Riyadh on November 10. The Cabinet issued 15 decisions, including approving the Consumer Protection Law, a memorandum of understanding with South Korea on oil and gas cooperation, and an agreement with Portugal on mutual visa exemption for holders of diplomatic and special passports, and decided that the state will bear the customs duties and value-added tax on vehicles imported by scholarship students and government employees posted abroad.
At the start of the session, the Crown Prince briefed the Cabinet on the results of his talks with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, on a message he received from Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio, and on his phone calls with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, which reviewed bilateral relations and coordination on regional and international issues.
The Cabinet renewed the Kingdom's support for efforts to achieve regional and international security and stability and to combat terrorism, and stressed the need for an immediate halt to all actions that threaten maritime navigation and waterways in the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Strait of Hormuz. It also welcomed the signing of the general agreement for the Gulf Cooperation Council railway linkage project, describing it as a step toward strategic cooperation and economic and development integration.
On domestic affairs, the Cabinet praised the contents of King Salman's speech opening the sixth Hajj Conference and Exhibition, which noted that the Direct Hajj program has been expanded to benefit 133 countries. The 15 decisions also included approving a railway cooperation memorandum with Türkiye, authorizing talks with Jordan and Syria on communications and digital infrastructure cooperation, appointing two new members to the board of the National Center for Meteorology, appointing Dr. Nayef bin Nasser bin Labdah as deputy governor of Jazan Region at the fifteenth rank, and promoting Ali Mohammed Al-Shehrani to senior business adviser at the Ministry of Finance at the fifteenth rank.
(Source: Saudi Press Agency)
Source: Saudi Press Agency
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Photo: 图：沙特王储兼首相 Mohammed bin Salman 11月10日在利雅得主持内阁会议。照片：沙特通讯社（SPA）。 / Photo: Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman chairs the Cabinet session in Riyadh on November 10. Photo: Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
