Dr. Seyed AliMohammad Mousavi, the D-8 Secretary-General, held a meeting with Mr. Abdalla Salem El-Badri, Secretary-General of the Organization of the Petroleum Export Countries (OPEC) on 01 April 2015 at the latter’s office in the OPEC Secretariat in Vienna. 

The two interlocutors held a very fruitful and effective discussion in a cordial environment. Dr. Mousavi informed the OPEC Secretary-General of the latest developments taking place within the Organization and conveyed that 02 (two) Members of OPEC have common membership with the D-8. He also said that the D-8 was moving towards implementation of policies in the next phase of its life cycle and undertaking common projects that would directly benefit people to improve their economic standard.

The D-8 Secretary-General also informed Mr. El-Badri that Energy is one of the priority areas of the D-8 cooperation and the Organization put a lot of emphasis on energy cooperation among its Members. He stated that as oil producers’ forum, OPEC plays a critically important role in the global energy interplay and cooperation between the D-8 and the OPEC may benefit Member States in designing their energy usage. 

Mr. El-Badri warmly welcomed the D-8 Secretary-General to the OPEC Secretariat and informed him of the OPEC scope of work. Both concurred that the two Organizations had a lot of scope for joint effort in order to yield mutual benefit, sharing of information and analytical framework in particular. He appreciated the Secretary-General for the inputs and looked forward to working together in future.