The ministerial meeting is the highest governing body of the forum, and according to the GECF statute, it is held once a year.

Algeria, Bolivia, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela are 11 main members of JECF, and Malaysia, Norway, Iraq, Peru, Azerbaijan, UAE and Mozambique are observer members in the forum.

GECF Members own 43% of the world's gas production, 72% of the world's gas reserves, 55% of the gas transmission by pipeline and 50% of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade.