Saudi Arabia’s King Salman announces new royal decrees
22-04-2017 02:57 PM
Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz has issued new royal decrees on Saturday night, announcing several domestic policies and a cabinet reshuffle.
Among them the payment of two months’ salary to those employed in operations Desert Storm and Resolve in Yemen and the scheduling of all levels' students’ exams to be held before the start of Ramadan.
Cabinet reshuffles and appointments were also announced in the set of new decrees issued on Saturday night. Prince Khalid bin Salman has been appointed Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States while Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman was named the kingdom’s new minister of state for energy affairs.
On the military front, Prince Fahd bin Turki was appointed as commander of Saudi Arabia’s ground forces.