VOL. XXXIX

No. 51

16-September-1996

Articles & Documents

Saudi Arabia and Asia: From Interdependence To Future Partnership

by Ali Naimi

The following is the keynote address delivered by Mr. Ali Naimi, Saudi Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, at the 12th Asia-Pacific Petroleum Conference in Singapore on 10 September.

For thousands of years before the dawn of the modern age, ships and caravans used to journey from east to west on the Asian continent, carrying all types...