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.
The two also discussed the crises in Ukraine and Yemen, the Kremlin said, without providing details. Saudi Arabia said in a brief statement that the Crown Prince “received a phone call” from Putin but didn’t mention OPEC+ or energy cooperation specifically.
“They discussed bilateral relations that bring the two countries together and ways to enhance them in various fields,” according to the Saudi readout.
