Peskov called the decision of a number of OPEC + countries to reduce oil production an “independent line”

The OPEC+ countries have their own interest in stabilizing the market, said Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov. This is how he commented on the decision of Russia and seven other countries to voluntarily reduce oil production until the end of 2023. The United States called this decision inappropriate.

Mr. Peskov claims that Russia is in constant contact with the OPEC+ countries, “but no more than that.” “In this case, the countries have an independent line, an independent interest in stabilizing the market,” the Kremlin spokesman said during a press call.

In his opinion, “in the interests of world energy” it is necessary to maintain oil prices, and it is not necessary to focus on the dissatisfaction of individual countries. “In this case, the position of OPEC and OPEC + is important, and in this case, it is in the interests of world energy to maintain world oil prices at the proper level … This is what you need to focus on, and the satisfied or dissatisfied state of other countries is their own business,”— Dmitry Peskov is sure.

Yesterday, April 2, Algeria, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman, Russia and Saudi Arabia announced on the voluntary reduction of oil production. We are talking about a decrease of 1 million barrels per day from May until the end of the year, while Russia will extend for the same period, the reduction in production by 500,000 barrels already started in March. White House National Security Council Spokesperson declaredthat this is an inappropriate step.

Details – in the material “Kommersant” “Foreign countries did not let us down”.

Laura Keffer