QUSAIBI, MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND PLANNING: DR. MUSAED BIN MOHAMMED AL-EIBAN, MINISTER OF STATE AND CABINET'S MEMBER: DR. NIZAR BIN OBAID MADANI, MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN FAISAL BIN HASAN TRAD. ON THE JAPANESE SIDE, IT WAS ATTENDED BY JAPAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER TARO ASO AND A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS.