Saudi oil minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, appeared in video clips He refuses to answer a question put to him by the Reuters news agency, at the same time criticizing the agency for not having collected “the statements of the official organs of the Saudi oil ministry”.
When the agency’s correspondent tried to ask the Saudi minister a question during a press conference held Wednesday for the OPEC Plus group in Vienna, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman interrupted him by saying: “You made a mistake twice. You from Reuters. you’re not doing it a fair job. “
The Saudi minister added: “You talked about Russia doing so and so, and in fact, the day you published the story, I didn’t speak to anyone from Russia.”
The Saudi official added that she on Reuters “repeated it in another story, and that Saudi Arabia and Russia prefer oil prices to reach around $ 100 a barrel.”
Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman concluded his speech by saying that he will not authorize Reuters until “the official sources represented by the Saudi Oil Ministry are respected” and not to use unofficial sources.
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It was an agency Reuters Last month I published a report quoting “sources familiar with the thinking of the Saudi and Russian governments” as saying that the two countries believe that $ 100 a barrel of oil is a fair price that the global economy can absorb.
The statements by the Saudi minister came at the conclusion of a meeting of members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and their partners in the framework of the “OPEC Plus” alliance, which resulted in a significant reduction in production quotas. which angered the United States, which confirmed the decision would hurt countries already hit by high crude oil prices.
According to the organization, which includes 13 countries and its ten Russian-led allies, during their meeting in Vienna it was agreed to reduce production by two million barrels a day, starting in November.
The move could raise crude oil prices, which will exacerbate inflation that has hit record highs for decades in many countries and contribute to a global economic slowdown.
The move was condemned by US President Joe Biden, who made a controversial visit to Saudi Arabia in July with the aim in part to press for more oil production as prices at gas stations rise.
