Kremlin: Putin and Saudi King hail OPEC+ deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud have spoken highly of the OPEC+ deal, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, noting that cooperation between Russia and Saudi Arabia on international energy markets will be continued. 

"The effectiveness of that cooperation was appreciated by Saudi Arabia’s king and Russia’s president," TASS cited him as saying.

At the same time, the Kremlin spokesman refrained from a direct answer to the question when Putin might pay a visit to Saudi Arabia. "The dates of the visit will continue to be negotiated and will eventually be agreed through diplomatic channels," Peskov noted.

On February 19, the Kremlin’s press-service said that in a telephone conversation the Russian President Putin and the Saudi King confirmed the readiness to go ahead with coordination on the world markets of hydrocarbons. A timetable of forthcoming contacts at different levels was also discussed.