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Issue
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Speech of
OAPEC Secretary General
HE Abbas Ali Al Naqi
At the opening of OAPEC's 99
th
Ministers of Meeting
In theNameof Allah theMost Gracious,
Most Merciful
Thank you, Your Excellency,
Excellencies Ministers and Heads of
Delegations Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the pleasure to share with
you, Your Excellency, the welcoming of
Excellencies the Ministers to their 99th
Ministerial Meeting wishing you all a
pleasant stay in Kuwait.
In the beginning, please allow me to
express our sincere thanks and highest
appreciation to the State of Kuwait for
hosting our meeting while wishing Kuwait
further progress, stability, and prosperity.
I would also like to express my thanks and
appreciation to Kuwait’s Oil, Electricity,
and Water Minister HE Essam Al Marzouq
and the Oil Ministry staff for the warm
welcome and hospitality and for their
efforts in facilitating our meeting to ensure
its success. I wish your meeting all success
hoping it will achieve the best outcome
that serves the goals of the organization
and the interests of the member countries.
Excellency the Chairman, Excellencies
Ministers and Heads of Delegations,
I have the pleasure to welcome His
Royal Highness Prince Abdul Aziz bin
Salman Al Saud, State Minister for Energy
Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to
our meeting and for being with us today.
I would also like to welcome HE Sheikh
MohammedbinKhalifaAl Khalifa, Bahrain’s
Oil Minister and HE Mustafa Qaitooni,
Algeria’s Energy Minister, for taking part
in the meeting for the first time wishing
them all success. I would also like to take
this opportunity to express my thanks and
appreciation to their predecessors for their
significant roles and efforts in supporting
OAPEC’s activities during their tenure.
Excellency the Chairman, Excellencies
Ministers and Heads of Delegations,
Before you is the agenda for OAPEC’s
99th Ministerial Meeting that covers
a number of issues including: the
Secretariat General’s activities in 2017
and the draft OAPEC projected budget
for 2018 (Secretariat General and
Judicial Tribunal). The agenda has been
deliberated by the Executive Bureau
members in the past few days and
they provided their recommendations
accordingly. I wish this meeting all
success and wish you a pleasant again a
pleasant stay in Kuwait.
Thank you.