thank you for joining us, mohammed barkindo, this is a real honor.g secretary general. take over in august. just the fact that you have been appointed is an achievement for opec. the been trying to pull this off for four years. we did not get an output ceiling. can opec be opec without a production target? mohammed barkindo: first things first, i went to thank you for organizing this. this is my first interview since the vote. i am really honored. it is a great honor for me and my country, nigeria. -- by government, government, who decided in their own wisdom to put my name forward for this office. i want to use this opportunity, the platform you're giving me, to thank the president, as well .s his minister of state campaign all the through until today. not part of the negotiations on issues of supply management. you can understand why. i do not think it would be appropriate for me to comment on what they decided or did not decide. there will be ample time for that. ryan: is is an acceptable strategy going forward to not use at will to intervene in t

new leader. , ryan spokeer today with the man picked to be the next opec secretary-general, mohammed barkindoeighed in on the future of opec and the direction for oil prices. hammed: it will not be appropriate for me to comment on decisions made at this meeting. going forward, we will have ample time to review these issues with you and other colleagues in the media community. ryan: what can you do to bring about unity in opec? we've heard about the acrimonious atmosphere inside the meetings. mohammed: you have to give opec being the only organization i know of that had warsssed the turmoil of between its members and yet survived as an organization. withis currently happening opec being overregulated come i'm confident the future is bright. we will continue to adapt to within the global industry and the world at large. ryan: you are no stranger to the oil market. run nigeria's estate owned oil company the past. the markets reached a the market is steadily rebalancing. expectations are that from the fourth quarter of this year to q1, q2 of next year, we will begin to see some equilibrium in the