“Planned,” Novak said in response to a question of whether he had left as planned.

On Wednesday, March 4, it was reported that Novak left the meeting of the OPEC + Ministerial Monitoring Committee. Moreover, as a source in one of the delegations clarified, the meeting itself was still ongoing.

Participants in the OPEC + deal are discussing the possibility of further limiting their oil production due to the outbreak of coronavirus in China.