LEBANON-OPEC-SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Nuaimi (L) shakes hands with Egyptian Mervat Tellawi, the executive secretary of the United Nations' ESCWA agency, at the start of a press conference 02 June 2004 at the UN headquarters in Beirut. The Saudi minister said the weekend terror attack in his country did not affect its oil and gas production, and has so far prompted only 10 foreigners to flee Saudi Arabia. "These incidents do not affect the kingdom and do not affect the production of its oil or gas production," he told a conference on the eve of an OPEC extraordinary ministerial meeting in the Lebanese capital. AFP PHOTO/Joseph BARRAK (Photo credit should read JOSEPH BARRAK/AFP via Getty Images)