The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi met separately here today with the Head of European Union Delegation Ambassador Adam Colakh, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Kim Jin-soo, Japanese Ambassador Jiro Kodera, and Maltese Ambassador Stephen Borg. During the meetings, they discussed the situations of the international oil market, the Kingdom's obvious role in its stability, continuing cooperation between producing and consuming countries for a balanced market, the importance of strengthening bilateral relations between the Kingdom and these countries in the fields of petroleum, energy, gas, mining, environmental protection, and deepening strategic partnerships in these domains.