As specified in the Russian Ministry of Energy, the parties discussed certain issues of interaction between Russia and Saudi Arabia.

“In addition, the talk was about the current situation on the oil market and interaction in the OPEC + format,” the department emphasized.

Novak said earlier that Moscow’s decision on a possible reduction in oil production under the agreement of the OPEC + countries is a matter of the coming days.

Also in early February, Russian President Vladimir Putin held telephone conversations with the king of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdel-Aziz Al Saud, and they discussed the current situation in the global hydrocarbon market.