The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi met here separately today with Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Hamid Ali Rao, Ambassador of the Republic of Italy Mario Buffo, Ambassador of the Republic of Greece Christoviles Ioannis, and Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Riyadh Timothy A. Lenderking. During the meetings, they discussed the situations of the international oil market, the Kingdom's obvious role in its stability, continuing cooperation between producing and consuming countries for a balanced market, the importance of strengthening bilateral relations between the Kingdom and these countries in the fields of petroleum, energy, gas, mining, the protection of environment , and joint investments.