The road to Jeddah

摘要

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdel-Aziz is inviting producers and consumers to a hastily arranged meeting to pinpoint the reasons for soaring oil prices.The meeting will take place on 22 June in Jeddah."I strongly welcome this initiative,and will travel to Jeddah in order to launch it with King Abdullah,"UK prime minister Gordon Brown said on 12 June. Brown is willing to convene a follow-up heads-of-state meeting in London.