<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">Saudi Arabia hassaid that it is committed to meet India's energy security needs and will workconstructively with other oil producers to maintain market stabilitynotwithstanding the biggest-ever attacks on its oil facilities.</span></div>''<div><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;"><br />''</span></div>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 200%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">Saudi Ambassador Dr.Saud bin Mohammed Al Sati, in an exclusive interview to PTI in New Delhi, saidhis country will invite the United Nations and international experts to viewthe situation on the ground and to participate in the investigation into theattacks.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 200%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;"><br />''</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 200%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">The Ambassador said, Saudi Arabia hasthe capability and resolve to defend itself and to forcefully respond to theaggressions, and appreciated New Delhi's support and solidarity to Riyadhfollowing the strikes which, he asserted, were against the internationalcommunity as a whole.        </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 200%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;"><br />''</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 200%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Asked whether Saudi Arabia willincrease oil supply to India to address the shortfall due to curb on import ofoil from Iran, the envoy said, his country is committed to India's energysecurity and will meet any shortfall that may arise due to disruptions fromother sources. </span><br />''</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 200%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;"><br />''</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 200%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">He said, as one of the world's leading energy producers, SaudiArabia will continue working constructively with other producers within andoutside OPEC to maintain market stability, thus protecting all the interests ofproducers and consumers alike.</span></p>