Aziz, while he was a Crown Prince. The King called for the establishment of a permanent General Secretariat for the forum in Riyadh in a speech he delivered during the opening of the Seventh International Energy Forum, which was held on November 17, 2000 in Riyadh. On November 19, 2005, The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques inaugurated the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the International Energy Forum at Diplomatic Quarters in Riyadh city.