A meeting to develop OPEC with the participation of Iraq

12/13/2020 19:41:20
 
{International: Al Furat News} Arab countries participated, on Sunday, in the meetings of the 105th session of the Council of Energy Ministers of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC).

The meeting was held via video conference technology, under the chairmanship of the Algerian Minister of Energy Abdel Majid Attar, and was devoted to discussing ways to develop and enhance the organization's activities in light of the new developments in the global oil market.

Egypt was represented by the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tariq Al-Mulla, and the ministers of petroleum and energy in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Syria and Qatar, and representatives of the UAE, Kuwait and Iraq, in addition to Ali bin Sabt, Secretary-General of the organization participated.

The meeting also touched on the topics on the agenda, which mainly includes the organization’s draft estimated budget for 2021 and the report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the organization’s general secretariat, including the global oil situation.

The Organization's Ministerial Council approved the assignment of the presidency of the next session of the organization to Saudi Arabia, and decided to hold the Twelfth Arab Energy Conference in 2023 instead of 2022, given the current conditions that the world is going through to ensure good preparation for it and the achievement of the desired goals.

Aya Hussein

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