The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Eng. Ali Bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi met here today with Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba and his accompanying delegation. The meeting dealt with the current situation in the international oil market and the importance of its stability, prospects of cooperation between oil producing and consuming countries, and cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Japan in the fields of petroleum, energy and environment, including joint investments and the bilateral exchanges of expertise. The meeting was attended by Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Assistant Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources for Petroleum Affairs; Prince Faisal bin Turki bin Abdulaziz, Advisor at the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources; Abdulrahman Bin Mohammad Abdulkarim, Advisor for Corporate Affairs; a number of senior officials of the Ministry; and Japanese Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Shigeru Endo.
