South Korea, Arab States Move to Improve Relations

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea and a group of governments from the Middle East and Africa agreed to launch a cooperative organization Monday aimed at enhancing political, cultural and economic ties, officials said. [snip]

The resource-poor country is heavily dependent on oil imports and has been intensifying what it calls energy diplomacy to secure stable supplies amid a scramble by Asian neighbors China, India and Japan to so the same amid rising prices.

[the implications to America's political refusal to compete in the field of energy are legion - we're handing energy exporters such as Russia and the middle east enormous influence, none of whom are our friends {i.e., brilliant}]

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