Saudi Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, Assistant Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources for Petroleum Affairs; Prince Faisal bin Turki bin Abdulaziz, Advisor to the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources; and other senior ministry officials hold talks with the visiting Norwegian delegation headed by Minister of Energy Ola Borten Moe in Riyadh on Sunday. RIYADH – Saudi Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi discussed here on Sunday with the Norwegian Minister of Energy Ola Borten Moe, and his accompanying delegation ways to bolster bilateral ties in various domains. During the meeting, Al-Naimi said that Saudi Arabia and Norway share some major characteristics. Both of them enjoy great natural resources, administer and organize these resources in the best way, and work to use them to develop their national economies as well as to maintain stability of the global oil market. He extolled the role played by Norway over the past decades for reassuring the stability of the global oil market, and its key role in the formation of the International Energy Forum in Riyadh. Both sides also reviewed the situations of the international oil market and the Kingdom's quest for the market's stability and promoting cooperation between the member states of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and countries from outside the organization. They also reviewed the evolution of renewable energy resources, progress in joint environmental objectives, the latest developments in the dialogue between oil producing and consuming countries, bilateral cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Norway in the fields of petroleum and energy, and ways of strengthening them, including the promotion of joint investments between the two countries. The meeting was attended by Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, Assistant Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources for Petroleum Affairs; Prince Faisal bin Turki bin Abdulaziz, Advisor to the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources; and a number of senior officials of the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources. — SG/SPA
