Oil Minister receives OACPS Secretary-General

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Oil and Environment Minister, Special Envoy for Climate Affairs, Dr. Mohammed bin Mubarak bin Daina, received here today the Secretary-General of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, with whom he discussed ways to enhance joint cooperation.

The minister lauded the role played by OACPS to unify work among member states in the region, in order to achieve economic growth and sustainable development goals.

He affirmed the kingdom's keenness to consolidate its cooperation with organisations and countries across various sustainable development fields.

It is to be noted that OACPS was founded via the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. It comprises 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific States. The main goals of the OACPS centre around the sustainable development of its Members and their gradual integration into the global economy with the ultimate objective of reducing and eventually eradicating poverty.​