President Maduro salutes positive balance of first meeting of OPEC and not OPEC Monitoring Committee


On Sunday, the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, during his “Los Domingos con Maduro” (Sundays with Maduro) program, celebrated the success of the first meeting of the OPEC and non-OPEC Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee which took place in Vienna, Austria.

“I talked a few moments ago with the Minister for Oil, Nelson Martínez, who informed me that the committee meeting was a success”, he said.

The National President emphasized the fulfillment of the Vienna agreement and the early impact it has already generated. He quoted words from the Russian energy minister Alexander Novak, who said that “there has been a high level of commitment to the agreement, the results we have seen earlier this year are exceeding the expectations.”

He reviewed the most prominent international headlines published by different media, which coincide in the success of the meeting, “in an optimal level of compliance and commitment with the agreement signed on December 10 by members and non-members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, “said the President.