Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council via video conference, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia May 19, 2020. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin discussed Russia’s cooperation with Iraq over an OPEC+ deal to reduce oil supply in a telephone conversation with Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, the Kremlin said on Monday.
The two men noted the importance of continuing their countries’ joint efforts in the oil markets, the Kremlin said.
Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin and Polina Ivanova, writing by Alexander Marrow; editing by Jason Neely
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