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Riyadh - Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired yesterday the weekly cabinet meeting held at Yamamah Palace in Riyadh.
The cabinet, according to "Al-Riyadh" newspaper,  congratulated the students on the beginning of the school year for the intermediate and secondary and higher levels who showed an attendance of 90%. The Ministry of Education in coordination with the Ministry of Health implemented its plan for fighting the AH1N1 influenza and said the situation is reassuring and that it succeeded in its plan of training and raising awareness against the disease. The cabinet stressed that study at the elementary level, kindergarten, and special education will commence on Saturday 28 /10/1430H corresponding to 17 /10/2009.
The cabinet approved a Saudi-Omani agreement on air services between their territories and the basic law of the Gulf Cooperation Council criminal information center for fighting narcotics which was approved by the supreme council of the GCC in its 29th session.
The center's main goals are to develop and boost cooperation and coordination among member countries in the field of illegal trafficking in narcotics, Psychotropic Substances and precursor chemicals and other related forms of organized crime, enforcing the regulations of the international law and to apply international agreements in this regard.
The cabinet also authorized the foreign minister or his deputy to discuss with the French side the preparation of a draft mutual agreement on exempting holders of diplomatic and private passports from entry visas between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and France and sign. It approved a Saudi-Turkish cooperation agreement in the field of sea transport  in addition to a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Health and the General Administration for Examining and Monitoring Quality Assurance of Quarantine in China covering the arrival and departure of persons at entry and exit points.