<p><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:roboto; font-size:10pt; margin:0px">The International Cooperation Platform (ICP) is an independent institution founded with the principle of enhancing proactive multilateral and inter-disciplinary cooperation for sustainable development. Created as a platform without borders, ICP takes a productive approach in tackling pressing issues and opportunities alike and is dedicated to reaching a shared understanding of vital interests that will lay the common grounds for stimulating a new level of global cooperation. <span style="margin:0px">H.E. Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, Chairman of The Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah International Foundation for Energy and Sustainable Development &amp; Former Deputy Prime Minister of state of Qatar and Minister for Energy and Industry, participated in a session on &ldquo;Energy Diversification in Middle Eastern Economies Beyond Oil Exports&rdquo; at the 7th Bosphorus Summit.</span></span></p>

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<p style="margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:roboto; font-size:10pt; margin:0px">The Oil-exporting countries in the Middle East have recently witnessed increasing budgetary pressures caused by sustained lower oil prices. Much of their economies <span style="margin:0px">remains</span> based on the energy sector &ndash; led by hydrocarbon resources that are exhaustible &ndash; hence economic diversification will be crucial to create jobs and foster inclusive growth.</span></p>
