Saudi Cabinet announces MoU with UN environment program

King Salman chairs the weekly Cabinet session in Riyadh on Tuesday. (SPA)
  • During the session, the king briefing the Cabinet on his meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri

The Council of Ministers on Tuesday announced collaboration between the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ’s Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture and the UN Environment Program to draft a strategic cooperation agreement. 

The Cabinet, chaired by King Salman, also authorized the minister to sign the Statute of the Arab Environment Facility, which was approved by the Economic and Social League of Arab States and the Council of the Arab League Council.

The Cabinet also decided to approve a memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Energy and Industry and Mineral Resources in ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ and the Ministry of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for cooperation in clean energy.

The king briefing the Cabinet on his meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri. 

According to a report from the Saudi Press Agency, Minister of Information Turki Al-Shabana said that the Cabinet reviewed several reports on developments in the Arab, regional and international fields.