RUSSIA: CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH OF SAUDI ARABIA VISITS PRESIDENT PUTIN FOR SIGNING OF ENERGY COOPERATION TREATY

Record ID: 189767

  • Title: RUSSIA: CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH OF SAUDI ARABIA VISITS PRESIDENT PUTIN FOR SIGNING OF ENERGY COOPERATION TREATY
  • Date: 2nd September 2003
  • Summary: (W5) MOSCOW, RUSSIA (SEPTEMBER 2, 2003) )(REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE OF SAUDI ARABIAN PLANE TAXIING 0.10 2. CLOSE-UP OF PLANE 0.18 3. SMV RUSSIAN MILITARY GUARD OF HONOUR 0.22 4. WIDE OF SAUDI PRINCE ABDULLAH BIN ABDUL AZIZ AL-SAUD LEAVING PLANE 0.33 5. SMV CROWN PRINCE WITH RUSSIAN OFFICIAL 0.40 6. SLV GUARDS MARCHING 0.45 7. WIDE OF CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH WATCHING GUARDS OF HONOUR MARCHING 0.50 8. WIDE OF THE KREMLIN 0.57 9. VARIOUS, CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH SHAKING HANDS WITH PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN AND SITTING DOWN (2 SHOTS) 1.26 10. SCU RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VALDIMIR PUTIN 1.32 11. SCU SAUDI CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH 1.43 12. WIDE OF SAUDI CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH AND PRESIDENT PUTIN TALKING 1.49 13. WIDE OF CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH AND PRESIDENT PUTIN ENTERING CONFERENCE ROOM 2.06 14. VARIOUS OF PUTIN GREETING SAUDI DELEGATION 2.17 15. WIDE OF SAUDI AND RUSSIAN DELEGATION SITTING DOWN FOR TALKS 2.25 16. SMV SAUDI CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH ADDRESSING PUTIN 2.35 17. SMV PRESIDENT PUTIN SAYING THAT SAUDI CROWN PRINCE'S VISIT WILL HAVE A GOOD IMPETUS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BILATERAL RELATIONS 2.48 18. WIDE OF TALKS 2.53 19. SLV SAUDI DELEGATION STANDING 2.58 20. WIDE OF RUSSIAN ENERGY MINISTER IGOR YUSUFOV AND SAUDI MINISTER OF OIL AND MINERAL RESOURCES COUNTERPART ALI AL-NAIMI SIGNING AGREEMENT ON OIL AND GAS COOPERATION 3.05 21. SMV AL-NAMI SIGNING DOCUMENT 3.11 22. SCU SAUDI CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH WATCHING 3.15 23. WIDE OF MINISTERS EXCHANGING DOCUMENTS AND SHAKING HANDS 3.29 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 17th September 2003 13:00
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  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Reuters ID: LVAB95CXOKRO53NK60I1SW2WHHJH
  • Story Text: Saudi Arabia and Russia, the world's top oil
    exporters, have signed an energy cooperation pact.



    The signing of the oil and gas cooperation pact,
    largely formal in nature, came on the first day of a visit
    to Russia on Tuesday (September 2) by Saudi Crown Prince
    Abdullah, de facto ruler of the Saudi Kingdom.

    Crown Prince Abdullah arrived in Moscow on Tuesday
    (September 2), at the start of a three-day visit, the first
    to Russia by a Saudi leader.

    The Saudi-Russia cooperation deal, signed in the Kremlin
    on Tuesday in the presence of President Vladimir Putin and
    Crown Prince Abdullah, was confined to calling for
    coordination of oil supplies and monitoring international energy prices.

    "Moscow and Riyadh intend to strengthen cooperation to
    ensure the stability of world oil markets," said the text
    of the agreement, obtained by Reuters.

    The pact was signed by Russian Energy Minister Igor
    Yusufov and Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi.

    The Saudi's are expected to try and urge Russia - the
    world's second largest oil producer after Saudi Arabia - to
    side with OPEC. They will also try and reassure Russia that
    Saudi Arbaia does not tolerate terrorists or those who
    support them. Moscow has accused Saudi charities of
    providing financial support to Chechen rebels.




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