BOTH SIDES DECIDED THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD ADOPT APPROPRIATE MEASURES AGAINST A POSSIBLE GLOBAL WARMING, BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF COMMON BUT DIFFERENTIATED RESPONSIBILITIES AS STATED IN THE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ON CLIMATE CHANGE. IN THIS REGARD, THE JAPANESE SIDE EXPRESSED ITS WILLINGNESS TO DEVELOP ITS COOPERATION IN BOTH LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTORS TO PROMOTE THE CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM (CDM) THAT CONTRIBUTES TO COMBATING THE POSSIBLE GLOBAL WARMING AS WELL AS ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE KINGDOM F SAUDI ARABIA. BOTH SIDES REAFFIRMED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ROLES OF THE PRIVATE SECTORS IN BOTH COUNTRIES FOR PROMOTING CDM PROJECTS. 7- BOTH SIDES STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUING TO HOLD, PERIODICALLY AND WHEN NECESSARY, MEETINGS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES, AND INSTRUCTED THE JOINT COMMITTEE, OF WHICH THE 9TH MEETING WILL BE HELD IN RIYADH ON MAY 1, 2007, TO FOLLOW UP THE OUTCOMES OF THIS VISIT. BOTH SIDES RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ENHANCING COOPERATION BETWEEN PRIVATE SECTOR IN BOTH COUNTRIES AND HIGHLIGHTED THE HOLDING OF "THE JAPAN-SAUDI ARABIA BUSINESS FORUM", WHICH WAS ADDRESSED BY HE MIR. SHINZO ABE, AND BOTH SIDES WELCOMED THE FRUITFUL OUTCOMES OF THE 8TH MEETING OF THE JAPAN-SAUDI BUSINESS COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY. 8- BOTH SIDES SHARED THE VIEW ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ENHANCING AND DEVELOPING THEIR COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF TECHNICAL COOPERATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND RECOGNIZED THE POSITIVE ROLE PLAYED BY THE SPECIALIZED JAPANESE AGENCIES IN THIS FIELD. --MORE
