PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN PERVEZ MUSHARRAF AND PRIME MINISTER SHAUKAT AZIZ RECEIVED IN ISLAMABAD TODAY MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA WHO IS CURRENTLY VISITING PAKISTAN TO TAKE PART IN 2ND WORLD ISLAMIC ECONOMIC FORUM IN ISLAMABAD. DURING THE MEETING, ALNAIMI CONVEYED THE GREETINGS OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AND CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL, TO PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF AND PRIME MINISTER AZIZ. IN TURN THE PAKISTANI PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER SENT THEIR PERSONAL GREETINGS TO THE MONARCH AND HIS CROWN PRINCE SULTAN. IN A STATEMENT TO THE SAUDI PRESS AGENCY, ALNAIMI EXPRESSED PLEASURE OF HIS VISIT TO PAKISTAN AND PARTICIPATION IN THE 2ND WORLD ISLAMIC ECONOMIC FORUM. HE BRIEFED SPA CORRESPONDENT ON THE ISSUES DISCUSSED DURING HIS MEETING WITH SHAUKAT, INCLUDING WAYS OF ENHANCING COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES IN THE OIL FIELD, SITUATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL OIL MARKET, EFFORTS EXERTED BY SAUDI ARABIA AIMING AT STABILIZING THE OIL MARKET IN A WAY THAT SERVES THE INTERESTS OF OIL PRODUCING AND CONSUMING COUNTRIES, PARTICULARLY THE ECONOMIES OF ISLAMIC COUNTRIES AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. ALNAIMI POINTED TO THE EFFORTS OF THE SAUDI AND PAKISTANI GOVERNMENTS IN SUPPORTING JOINT PROJECTS IN THE FIELDS OF OIL AND MINING IN THE TWO COUNTRIES. THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY DR. IBRAHIM BIN ABDULAZIZ ALMUHANNA, AND DR. AHMED BIN MOHAMMED ALGHAMDI, ADVISORS AT THE MINISTER'S OFFICE, AND ALI BIN HUSSEIN ALTUWAIRQI, DIRECTOR OF THE MINISTER'S OFFICE .
