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Ali Abadi to Represent Iran at OPEC Ministerial Meeting
TEHRAN (FNA)- The newly appointed caretaker of the Iranian Oil Ministry, Mohammad Ali Abadi, will represent the Islamic Republic of Iran at the upcoming ministerial meeting of the Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna, a top Iranian official announced on Monday.
The issue was raised by First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi in a ceremony to introduce the newly appointed caretaker of the oil ministry on Monday.
Ali Abadi, who is a former head of Iran's Physical Education Organization, was appointed as the country's caretaker oil minister in a decree issued by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday.
"Considering your commitment, knowledge, and useful executive experience, and in accordance with Article 135 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and based on this decree, you (Ali Abadi) are appointed as acting oil minister," read the presidential directive issued on Thursday.
Earlier, Iran's Governor at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries Mohammad Ali Khatibi had said that Iran has only two more days to name its representative for the upcoming OPEC meeting in Vienna.
"At the latest, Iran has the next two days to announce a representative that will be attending the upcoming OPEC meeting and will assume the presidency of the organization," Khatibi said.
The upcoming OPEC ministerial meeting will be held on June 8 in the Austrian capital, Vienna.
Iran, OPEC's second largest crude exporter, currently holds the presidency of the cartel, a position it is holding for the first time since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Iran officially took over the presidency of OPEC for the first time in 36 years on January 2011 and the country's former Oil Minister Massoud Mir-Kazzemi was elected as president of the organization.
In May President Ahmadinejad relieved the oil minister from his post after the government started merger of a number of ministries, including the oil and the industries and mines ministries.
The issue was raised by First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi in a ceremony to introduce the newly appointed caretaker of the oil ministry on Monday.
Ali Abadi, who is a former head of Iran's Physical Education Organization, was appointed as the country's caretaker oil minister in a decree issued by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday.
"Considering your commitment, knowledge, and useful executive experience, and in accordance with Article 135 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and based on this decree, you (Ali Abadi) are appointed as acting oil minister," read the presidential directive issued on Thursday.
Earlier, Iran's Governor at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries Mohammad Ali Khatibi had said that Iran has only two more days to name its representative for the upcoming OPEC meeting in Vienna.
"At the latest, Iran has the next two days to announce a representative that will be attending the upcoming OPEC meeting and will assume the presidency of the organization," Khatibi said.
The upcoming OPEC ministerial meeting will be held on June 8 in the Austrian capital, Vienna.
Iran, OPEC's second largest crude exporter, currently holds the presidency of the cartel, a position it is holding for the first time since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Iran officially took over the presidency of OPEC for the first time in 36 years on January 2011 and the country's former Oil Minister Massoud Mir-Kazzemi was elected as president of the organization.
In May President Ahmadinejad relieved the oil minister from his post after the government started merger of a number of ministries, including the oil and the industries and mines ministries.
