The permanent building of the Riyadh-based Secretariat General of International Energy Forum will be opened on Shawwal 17 in a great ceremony to be attended by a number of oil ministers in major oil producers and consumers and presidents of great world oil companies. In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency, the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Eng. Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi praised the patronization of this project by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz and his keenness on dialogue and cooperation between oil producing and consuming countries and on the stability of oil markets. He stressed that this patronization crowns the efforts exerted since the King's initiative for setting up the Secretariat during the 7th International Energy Forum held in Riyadh, 1420H. The Minister noted that the inauguration ceremony will be accompanied by a symposium in which a number of oil ministers and oil companies' presidents will participate. The discussion will focus on a number of important world oil issues. The Secretariat will contribute to the continuation and enhancement of dialogue between oil producers and consumers, Al-Naimi concluded.
