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Al-Naimi inaugurates OPEC Summit's Ministerial symposium
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 15, 2007, SPA - Minister of Petroleum
and Mineral Resources Ali Al-Naimi opened here today the two-day ministerial symposium,
which is organized on the fringe
of the activities of the Third OPEC Summit
At the beginning of the symposium, the minister delivered a speech in which he underlined
the importance of cooperation between consumers and exporters, especially in light
of the economic circumstances and current environment.
The minister said, "In such symposiums, we must provide all experiences to face
all upcoming challenges that we and our coming generations may face. This is what
we are trying to provide in this symposium."
Then, sessions of the symposium began. They dealt with oil and gas markets as well
as energy and the environment.
In the session, which dealt with the issue of energy and the environment, Minister
Al-Naimi spoke on this issue calling for improving the use of energy and finding
solutions for the environmental problems.
Al-Naimi said the Kingdom introduced laws to find a solution for harmful emissions
and took measures to develop research and scientific curricula in universities to
protect the environment.
Al-Naimi stressed the Kingdom's concern for the prosperity of the world through
participation in all international efforts aiming at development of technologies
that help
the environment. |
