“They (Russia and Saudi Arabia. - RT ) are planning to get together, we all plan to get together to appreciate what we can do. Because you don’t want to lose the (oil) industry, ”Trump said.

He noted that "these are thousands and thousands of jobs."

On March 30, Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Trump spoke in a telephone conversation about a situation developing in the global oil market.

The leading expert of the National Energy Security Fund Igor Yushkov, in an interview with the NSN, assessed the immediate prospects for oil prices.