Al-Naimi receives Netherlands` Foreign Minister

Riyadh, May 12, SPA -- Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
Eng. Ali Ibrahim Al-Naimi, received here today the Netherlands'
Foreign Minister, Maxime Verhagen.

During the meeting, they reviewed means of bolstering cooperation
between Saudi Arabia and the Netherlands in the field of oil and the
oil market situation.

They also discussed the possibility of increasing bilateral
cooperation in other areas of common interest.

The meeting was attended by Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin
Abdulaziz, Assistant Minister of Petroleum for petroleum affairs and
the Ambassador of the Netherlands to Saudi Arabia, Ronald Strikker.

--SPA