RIYADH, 5 March 2004 — Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Wednesday held talks with Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Al-Naimi on prospects of strengthening cooperation in the oil sector. The president also met with Prince Sultan, second deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, Assistant Foreign Minister Dr. Nizar Madani, and Muhammad Al-Madi, the executive president of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation.