Minister of State for Energy Affairs H E Saad Sherida Al Kaabi headed Qatar’s delegation to the 107th Ministerial Council meeting of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), which was held virtually from Kuwait.
The meeting discussed various issues including plans to enhance the OAPEC’s activities, as well as a global petroleum report and the latest developments on the environment and global warming front.
Qatar will host the 12th Arab Energy Conference, which will be held in 2023.
The Conference, initiated by a 1977 OAPEC resolution, aims at establishing an Arab institutional framework to review oil and energy issues in order to develop a Pan-Arab perspective, and to coordinate relations among Arab energy and development institutions.
The Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries was established in 1968 and is headquartered in Kuwait.
