G8 - OAPEC

Members of OAPEC

The Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) is a multi-governmental organization headquartered in Kuwait which coordinates energy policies between oil–producing Arab nations, and whose main purpose is developmental.

Saudi Arabia (1968)
Algeria (1970)
Bahrain (1970)
Egypt (1973)
United Arab Emirates (1970)
Iraq (1972)
Kuwait (1968)
Libya (1968)
Qatar (1970)
Syria (1972)


Members of G8

The Group of Eight (G8) is a forum for the governments of eight of the world's largest economies. (It excludes, however, two of the actual eight largest economies by nominal GDP: China, 2nd, and Brazil, 6th). The forum originated with a 1975 summit hosted by France that brought together representatives of six governments: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, thus leading to the name Group of Six or G6. The summit became known as the Group of Seven or G7 the following year with the addition of Canada. In 1997, Russia was added to group which then became known as the G8.[1] The European Union is represented within the G8 but cannot host or chair summits.[2]

Canada
Prime Minister Stephen Harper

France
President François Hollande

Germany
Chancellor Angela Merkel

Italy
Prime Minister Mario Monti

Japan
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda

Russia
President Vladimir Putin

United Kingdom
Prime Minister David Cameron

United States of America
President Barack Obama
President of the G8 for 2012

Also represented
European Union
Council President Herman Van Rompuy
Commission President José Manuel Barroso