Minister of State for Energy Affairs Saad Sherida Al Kaabi led Qatar’s delegation to the 101st  Ministerial Council Meeting of the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), held in Kuwait this Sunday.

The meeting of the Ministerial Council, OAPEC’s supreme governing body, included the approval of the 2019 budget, as well as a review of a number of reports including the recommendations of the 11th Arab Energy Conference, the Global Petroleum Status Report, and the report on the activities of the General Secretariat. His Highness, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, the Amir of Kuwait, received the OAPEC ministers at the Bayan Palace in Kuwait City for the ministerial meeting.

The Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries was established in 1968, and is headquartered in Kuwait.