MOSCOW, Oct 6 (Reuters) – OPEC+ oil producers have agreed to cut their production target by 2 million barrels a day to help stabilize the market, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. .
The Saudi Arabia-led OPEC+ cartel agreed to the cut at a meeting in Vienna on Wednesday, ignoring calls from the United States to keep oil flowing.
“OPEC and the OPEC+ format is the structure that has repeatedly proven its reputation as a responsible organization, which oversees the stability of global energy markets,” Peskov said when asked about US criticism at the press conference. regard to the decision.
“That is why, of course, the decisions that have been taken, they are only aimed at stabilizing the oil market.”
Peskov added that attempts to cap Russian oil prices would backfire and hurt both oil producers and consumers.
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Reporting by Anastasia Lyrchikova; written by Vladimir Soldatkin
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