The Foreign Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Felix Plasencia, and the Secretary General of OPEC, Mohammad Barkindo, paid tribute this Thursday to the liberator Simón Bolívar, with a floral offering at the National Pantheon.
This was reported earlier by the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry on its Twitter social network account.
“Foreign Minister Félix Plasencia together with the Secretary General of OPEC, Mohammad Barkindo, pay tribute to the memory of the Liberator Simón Bolívar with an act of floral offering at the National Pantheon”.
Barkindo arrived in the country this week to address everything related to the market and participate in a meeting with the forces and actors of the hydrocarbon industry.
He has held meetings with the Vice President of the Republic, Delcy Rodríguez, and the Oil Minister, Tareck El Aissami.
The current secretary general of OPEC will hand over the position next August, a responsibility he has held since August 1, 2016.
OPEC was created on September 14, 1960, in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, under the leadership of the Venezuelan Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso and the Saudi Abdullah Al Tarik.
The initial founding partners are Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. Until now, the members are 13 countries, mainly made up of nations from the Middle East and Africa.
This Wednesday the Secretary General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Mohammad Barkindo, was received by the Executive Vice President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez.
“We received His Excellency Mr. Mohammad Barkindo, Secretary General of OPEC, to whom we ratify the commitment of President Nicolás Maduro to contribute to the stability of the oil market in times of important challenges for the world economy,” the Vice President posted.
