Muscat
HH Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers received today Haitham Faisal Al Ghais, Secretary General of the Organizationof thePetroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and his accompanying delegation, currently visiting the Sultanate of Oman.
During the meeting, HH Sayyid Fahd affirmed that Oman appreciates the great role of OPEC in coordinating and unifying the petroleum policies of the member states and determining the best ways to protect their interests.
He pointed to Oman’s continuous cooperation with the organization to ensure the success of its efforts to achieve stability in the global oil markets, as Oman contributed effectively to the establishment of the joint alliance between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its non-member states (OPEC Plus) since 2016.
The meeting reviewed aspects of cooperation between Oman’s government and OPEC and the efforts made to ensure a balance in energy supplies to serve the global economy, as well as coming up with appropriate means to protect the interests of the organization.
On his turn, the Secretary General of OPEC stressed that the Sultanate of Oman, under its wise leadership, contributes to supporting OPEC’s efforts, as it actively participates in the organization’s meetings as an observer, and works to coordinate policies related to oil markets, lauding the achievements made by the Sultanate of Oman in many fields.
The Secretary General of OPEC underscored the importance of this visit, which aims at discussing means of supporting goals of the organization.
The meeting was attended by Eng. Salim Nassir Al Aufi, Minister of Energy and Minerals.
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