OPEC+ decision taken unanimously for ‘economic reasons’: Saudi defense minister

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?”

The Saudi defense minister said that “these false accusations did not come from the Ukrainian government.”