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Volume
44
Issue
1
OAPEC Activities
Speech of
HE Eng. Tariq Al Mulla
At the opening of OAPEC's 99
th
Ministers of Meeting
In the Name of Allah the Most
Gracious, Most Merciful
We inaugurate OAPEC’s 99th
Ministerial Council Meeting,
Your Royal Highness Prince Abdul
Aziz bin Salman Al Saud, State Minister
for Energy Affairs in the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia
Excellency Essam Al Marzouq, Oil
Minister of the State of Kuwait
Excellencies Ministers and Heads of
Delegations
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the pleasure to welcome
you to the opening of OAPEC’s 99th
Ministerial Council Meeting wishing you
all a pleasant stay in Kuwait.
I would like to take this opportunity
to welcome His Royal Highness Prince
Abdul Aziz bin Salman Al Saud, State
Minister for Energy Affairs of the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; HE Sheikh
Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa,
Bahrain’s Oil Minister and HE Mustafa
Qaitooni, Algeria’s Energy Minister, to
the meeting wishing them all success.
Please allow me, also on your behalf,
to express our sincere thanks and
appreciation to the Emir, Government,
and People of the State of Kuwait. My
special thanks go to the Oil, Electricity,
and Water Minister HE Essam Al
Marzouq and the Oil Ministry staff for
embracing our meeting and providing
all facilities to ensure its success.
I would also like to express my sincere
thanks and appreciation to OAPEC
Secretary General HE Abbas Al Naqi and
the Secretariat General staff for their
efforts in preparing for this meeting.
Excellencies,
Yesterday our brothers the members
of OAPEC Executive Bureau have
finalized their meeting and made their
recommendations on the various topics
listed on the agenda before us today.
We will deliberate this agenda today
to make decisions that would support
the organisation in achieving its goals
and serving its member countries’
interests especially in the light of the
current difficult conditions in some of
the countries. Before we move on to
start our meeting, please allow me to
give the floor to His Excellency OAPEC
Secretary General to deliver his speech.
Thank you.