The 17th Ministerial Meeting of Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) and extraordinary ministerial meetings will be held on Saturday (November 21) while the Third Summit of GECF is to be organized on November 23.
Presence of seven presidents and one prime minister in the event has so far been confirmed. Turkmen and Azeri presidents will attend the summit as special guests.
Member countries of the Forum are Algeria, Bolivia, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates and Venezuela. Iraq, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Norway, Oman and Peru are the Observer Members.
GECF members account for 67 percent of worlds gas reserves, 42 percent of gas production and 38 percent of pipeline transmission and 85 percent of LNG trade in the world.
The GECF is a gathering of the worlds leading gas producers that provides a framework for exchange of experience, views, information and data, as well as coordination in gas related developments among member countries.
Source: IRNA- Date: (20 November 2015)