VOL. XLV

No 39

30-September-2002

Producer Consumer Dialogue

OpeningSpeech At The 8th IEF By METI Minister Takeo Hiranuma

The following is the text ofthe speech by the Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Takeo Hiranuma at the OpeningCeremony of the 8th International Energy Forum held in Osaka, Japan 21-23September 2002.

The first informal but broad-ranging dialogue at theministerial level between energy producing nations and energy consuming nationswas held in July 1991, immediately...