Saudi Arabia’s Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman said on Sunday that the decision by OPEC+ to cut oil output was taken unanimously and for “purely” economic reasons.
In a series of tweets, the Saudi defense minister expressed the Kingdom’s astonishments by the accusations that it is “standing with Russia” in its war with Ukraine, questioning: “Iran is also a member of OPEC, does this mean that the Kingdom is standing with Iran as well?”
We are astonished by the accusations that the kingdom is standing with Russia in its war with Ukraine. It is telling that these false accusations did not come from the Ukrainian government. https://t.co/YIz441YinT
— Khalid bin Salman خالد بن سلمان (@kbsalsaud) October 16, 2022
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The Saudi defense minister said that “these false accusations did not come from the Ukrainian government.”
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