OPEC Delays 60th Anniversary Event in Baghdad to Early 2022
- Ceremony had been scheduled for Sept. 30 after delay from 2020
- OPEC secretariat working with Iraq on logistical arrangements
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OPEC meetings often run into delays, and its 60th anniversary celebrations are no exception: the event will now take place almost two years late.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is postponing the festivities, due to take place in Baghdad -- where the group was founded in 1960 -- until the first quarter next year, delegates say. It had been scheduled for Sept. 30.