Putin, Saudi Crown Prince Upbeat on OPEC+, Kremlin Says of Call
- Riyadh said to back ‘political solution’ to Ukraine crisis
- Saudis have resisted U.S. calls to boost output as prices rise
Vladimir Putin and Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, 2019.
Photographer: Alexey Nikolsky/AFP/Getty Images
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gave a “positive assessment” to their cooperation on the OPEC+ producers group to stabilize the world oil market, the Kremlin said in statement.
Saturday’s phone conversation, the leaders’ second since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, came at the initiative of Saudi Arabia, the Kremlin said.