Lasted about 8 hours .. A sharp debate between the Iranian and Saudi oil ministers

Iran's oil minister, Bijan Zankane, said Wednesday that he entered into a fierce and prolonged debate that lasted for eight hours with Saudi Oil Minister Khalid al-Faleh during the OPEC meeting in Vienna.

Fars news agency quoted him as denying that a special meeting had been held with the Saudi Energy Minister, noting that there had been "only courtesies between the two sides, but we were held for 7 to 8 hours in meetings."

On another subject, Tasnim reported that the Iranian Minister of Oil, in response to questions on the sidelines of the government meeting on the publication of some statistics on oil exports, pointed out that this procedure is incorrect and it is not clear the purpose of the dissemination of this information, which is returned Repeatedly published.

"Because we are at war, information about the export of oil is considered military information and must be disseminated through appropriate coordination, otherwise its dissemination will cause harm to national interests," he added. According to the agency.

The photographers' cameras showed handshakes between Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Faleh and his Iranian counterpart, Bijen Zengane, at an OPEC meeting in the Austrian capital.