BEIJING, June 11 (Reuters) - China's National Energy Administration said in a statement on Thursday that its vice chairman met with an executive from Saudi Aramco in Beijing on Tuesday.

• The statement said that Song Hong-kun, deputy director of the National Energy Administration, and Mohammed Al-Qahtani, president of Aramco’s refining, chemicals and marketing sector, exchanged views on global energy security and bilateral cooperation in the oil and gas sector.

• Song expressed his hope that Chinese and Saudi companies would strengthen communication, deepen cooperation, and deal wisely with risks.

• The meeting came at a time when the US-Israeli war on Iran, which began in late February, has disrupted global oil and gas supplies, as the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic shipping lane, has remained virtually closed.

• Saudi Arabia is one of the largest oil suppliers to China, although Beijing, the world's largest oil importer, maintains a diversified supply of its imports.