KUWAIT CITY, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Kuwait on Thursday announced that its oil production will rise to nearly 2.77 million barrels per day (bpd) in July.

       Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Oil Minister Mohammad Al-Fares made the announcement after participating in the 29th Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting held via videoconference.

       Al-Fares said that Kuwait's oil production will rise to nearly 2.77 million bpd in July, based on the decision of the OPEC and its allies, a group known as OPEC+.

       The minister praised the decision of OPEC+ to raise the monthly production, saying that it would contribute to enhancing the security of supplies in the oil markets.

       "This means that the OPEC+ countries will recover a large part of their production quotas in the coming months, close to the levels before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic at the beginning of year 2020," he said.

       The OPEC+ on Thursday agreed to significantly increase oil output in July amid calls for the alliance to help contain the surging oil prices.