Minister of Petroleum & Mineral Resources Eng. Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi, attended the 12th meeting of the parties to the convention on climate change and the 2nd meeting of parties to Kyoto protocol arising from the said convention, which was held in Nairobi, Kenya. In an address at the meeting, Al-Naimi underlined the Kingdom's concern to participate in the international community efforts to face the possible climate change. He also expressed the Kingdom's concern over the possible negative effects on the economy of the oil countries as a result of the procedures followed by the parties to limit petroleum consumption. On the other hand, the meeting of experts in this conference was headed by the Advisor of the Saudi Minister of Petroleum & Mineral Resources Dr. Mohammed Al-Saban.
