10/02/2013
Japan Plans to Make an Agreement with Saudi Arabia to Secure Additional Oil Supplies
A Japanese officialsaidthat Japan's Commerce MinisterwenttoSaudiArabiayesterdayfor talks onsecuringadditionaloilsupplies,accordingto'Reuters'.This wasafterthepublicationofa report thatthetwostatesagreed onthe establishment ofahotlinebetweenthetwogovernmentstoallowJapan,which isone ofthelargestimportersofoilintheworld,tourgentlyrequestadditionaloilsuppliesincaseofexceptionalcircumstancesfromSaudiArabia,thelargestoil exporterin the world.
