Riyadh Stresses Importance of Collective Work, Pursuing Dialogue, Peace

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, chairs the cabinet meeting in Riyadh on Tuesday. (SPA)
Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, chairs the cabinet meeting in Riyadh on Tuesday. (SPA)
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Riyadh Stresses Importance of Collective Work, Pursuing Dialogue, Peace

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, chairs the cabinet meeting in Riyadh on Tuesday. (SPA)
Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, chairs the cabinet meeting in Riyadh on Tuesday. (SPA)

The Saudi government stressed on Tuesday the importance of collective work to confront global challenges.

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, chaired the cabinet meeting that was held in Riyadh.

The government also underscored the need to improve conditions conducive to holding dialogue and reaching peace to establish a safer and more prosperous world for mankind, as stated by Saudi ministers during their participation at the G20 meeting for foreign ministers that was held in New Delhi.

Crown Prince Mohammed briefed the cabinet on the meetings he held with President of Mozambique Filipe Jacinto Nyusi and President of Eritrea Isaias Afwerki in Riyadh. The talks focused on bilateral relations and cooperation and ways to develop and bolster them.

The government reviewed regional and international developments and reiterated Saudi Arabia’s statements, during the 40th round of the Arab Interior Ministers’ Council, on the importance of bolstering security cooperation and combating drugs and everything that poses a threat to Arab security.

The government highlighted the inauguration of the Regional Center for Climate Change in the Kingdom, saying it was part of its regional and international efforts to preserve the environment and to combat climate change, in line with its Vision 2030.

The government praised the announcement of the first batch of projects that are backed by the Private Sector Partnership Reinforcement Program, Shareek, worth over 192 billion riyals.

The ministers remarked that the projects are a “significant step” for the program to achieve its goals in developing investments in the private sector, boosting local content and increasing the Kingdom’s GDP.



Syrian Air Says It Is Resuming Its Direct Flights to UAE on Sunday

 Travellers are welcomed at Damascus's airport. (AFP file)
Travellers are welcomed at Damascus's airport. (AFP file)
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Syrian Air Says It Is Resuming Its Direct Flights to UAE on Sunday

 Travellers are welcomed at Damascus's airport. (AFP file)
Travellers are welcomed at Damascus's airport. (AFP file)

Syria's flag carrier Syrian Air will resume direct flights to Dubai and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates starting on Sunday, the airline said in a Facebook post.

All flights between Syria and the UAE had been suspended in January after opposition factions toppled former leader Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.

The announcement comes days after the UAE's civil aviation authority announced the resumption of air flights between the Gulf country and Syria. No UAE-based airlines have announced plans to fly to Syria so far.

The resumption of flights between the two countries followed Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s first visit to the UAE as leader, where he met UAE's President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.