23.10.2012 - Saudi-Iran rift to mar Opec chief’s selection
Opec is likely to find reaching a consensus difficult in talks this week on selecting its new secretary general, delegates to the producer group said, due to rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran over its top administrative post. A panel of officials is meeting at the Vienna headquarters of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries yesterday and today. Its role, say delegates, is to advise Opec oil ministers on who should succeed Secretary General Abdullah al-Badri, whose term ends in December...............................................Full Article: Source
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