Putin discusses cutting oil output with Saudi Arabia's crown prince

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MOSCOW, April 10. /TASS/: Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed the question of cutting oil output with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud in a telephone conversation, the Kremlin press service reported on Friday.

"The questions were discussed connected with talks in the OPEC+ framework regarding cutting oil output," the press service said.

The sides also agreed to continue Russian-Saudi contacts on this issue.

OPEC+ countries have agreed to cut oil output by 10 million barrels per day in May-June.

On Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Putin positively assessed the agreements on oil output in the OPEC+ framework.