The decision was taken in the council’s weekly meeting chaired by Crown Prince Sultan at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, said Culture and Information Minister Iyad Madani in a statement to the Saudi Press Agency.
“After listening to reports on the developments in Mauritania, the escalating violence in Somalia and other developments in the Arab world, the council affirmed that the best method to iron out differences would be by making reconciliation that puts national interests before partisan conflicts and ideological affiliations,” Madani said.
The council also stressed the need for supporting Arab institutions that strive to reach agreements between feuding parties so that no foreign elements can interfere and exploit the situation, the minister added.
The council also decided to set up a national center for alternative medicine under the Ministry of Health. The center will issue licenses and fix guidelines for practitioners of alternative medicine. Its tasks include conducting research related to alternative medicine and documentation of traditional Islamic and Arabic medical systems.
The council authorized the president of the General Authority for Civil Aviation to sign a draft agreement for air transport between the Kingdom and Uzbekistan. It also approved the request of the National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development (NCWCD) to change a clause related to the trade in animals facing extinction so that the NCWCD, in coordination with the Ministry of Interior, will be empowered to inspect and take action when any violation of the regulations occurs.
Prince Sultan ordered the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs to undertake 1,501 projects across the Kingdom for roads and floodwater drainage.
The council appointed Mansour Al-Mansour as minister plenipotentiary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Muhammad Al-Eissa as cultural attaché in the Ministry of Higher Education.