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Mozambique: President attends GECF Summit in Doha, Qatar
11:30 CAT | 21 Feb 2022
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The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, is participating in the Summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), an international organisation which gathers leading gas producing countries to increase coordination and collaboration among members. The 6th GECF Summit is taking place from 21 to 22 February, 2022, in Doha, State of Qatar.
The GECF’s main objective is to exchange experience and information and to coordinate between member countries on the need for independent planning and management in pursuit of sustainable, environmentally conscious and efficient use of natural gas resources.
President Nyusi is accompanied by Mozambique’s Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Ernesto Max Tonela, plus members of staff of the Presidency of the Republic and other state institutions.
Mozambique is attending the forum at a time when preparations are underway for the country to become one of the world’s biggest exporters of natural gas, with projects being developed in the Rovuma Basin in Cabo Delgado province.
At the moment, the country produces natural gas in small quantities in the regions of Pande and Temane, in Inhambane, and exports it to the South African market.
Although the country is not yet a major gas exporter, recent official statistics published by the Global Outlook 2050 foresee Mozambique becoming the fifth largest exporter of gas in the world by the middle of this century.
‘Notícias’ has established that Mozambique’s participation in this high-level meeting serves its strategic goal of becoming part of the GECF platform, currently comprising 18 members, with the aim of stimulating the sector.
Mozambique’s Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Max Tonela, recently met the secretary general of the GECF, Mohamed Hamel, who, on the occasion, highlighted the remarkable potential of natural gas for the economic future of Mozambique.
#GECF Extraordinary Ministerial Meeting will finalise today the preparations for the 6th #GECF Summit of Heads of State and Government, which is taking place in #Doha, #Qatar on 22 February 2022
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Mohamed Hamel assured Minister Tonela on the occasion of the GECF’s full support for Mozambique joining the platform as a future major gas exporter.
In the same vein, Max Tonela noted that the Mozambican government recognised the GECF as a credible intergovernmental platform for the gas sector.
For some years now, Mozambique has been discovering huge amounts of natural gas, making the country the owner of some of the world’s largest reserves of this resource.
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About GECF
In 2001, an agreement was approved on the establishment of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum at a meeting in Tehran, attended by 10 gas exporting countries (Algeria, Iran, Qatar, Russia, Oman, Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkmenistan, Brunei and Norway). The organisation was legally established in Moscow in 2008.
The organisation has been headquartered in Doha, Qatar, since 2009. The Forum comprises 12 key members (Algeria, Bolivia, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Arab Emirates and Venezuela) and 7 observer members (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Norway, Iraq, Oman and Peru).
The Secretary-General of GECF has been Mohamed Hamel since January 1, 2022.
The member countries of the forum control 70% of the proven gas reserves of the world, 35% of trade in pipelines and 85% of LNG production.
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To date, 5 summits of the forum have been held. The first summit was held in Qatar in 2011, the second in Moscow in 2013, the third in Tehran in 2015, the fourth in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, on November 24, 2017, and the 5th summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on November 29, 2019.
Previous Secretary Generals of the GECF
HE Mr Leonid Bokhanovskiy was the first Secretary General of the GECF, elected in 2010 and re-elected for the 2012-2013 term.
HE Dr Seyed Mohammed Hossein Adeli assumed office as Secretary General of the GECF on 1 January 2014 for a period of two years in accordance with the Statute and was re-elected for another term 2014-2017.
HE Dr Yury Sentyurin assumed office as Secretary General of the GECF on 1 January 2018 for a period of two years in accordance with the Statute and was re-elected for another term 2020-2021.
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Source: O País / Noticias / GECF
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