VOL. XLVI

No 36

08-September-2003

SAUDI ARABIA

Historic Energy Cooperation Agreement Signed With Russia

Saudi Arabia and Russia on 2 September signed a five-year oil and gas cooperation agreement. The accord was signed in Moscow in the presence of Crown Prince Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Aziz and President Vladimir Putin. In August, the Saudi cabinet authorized Oil Minister Ali Naimi to sign the cooperation agreement (MEES, 18 August) which is aimed, according to a Russian government statement, at...