Doha Oil Talks Drag On in Dispute Over Saudi Stance on Iran
- Summit said to discuss draft requiring all OPEC to join pact
- Saudi Prince has insisted that Iran would have to freeze
Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi, center right, arrives for meetings on April 17.
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Talks in Doha between some of the world’s biggest oil producers on freezing production dragged on into the evening amid disagreements on the wording of the accord, in part to address Saudi Arabia’s insistence that Iran be included in any deal.
As the summit in the Qatari capital continued more than eight hours beyond its initially scheduled conclusion, discussions centered on the final wording of a rewritten draft to freeze output at “an agreeable level” as long as all OPEC countries and other major producers join, said three people with knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be identified because the talks were private.