DohaRussia and Saudi Arabia reaffirmed OPEC+ ties, Russian state news agency TASS reported.
Brent crude rose 4.9% in the 7 days to 16 October.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan on the sidelines of the Russia-Gulf Cooperation Council ministerial session, Russia’s foreign ministry said.
Bahrain’s foreign minister urged faster delivery of the joint action plan on energy, transport and food security.
How each outlet framed it
- TASS
- frames the Lavrov-Faisal call as a bid for OPEC+ coordination, with GCC praise of Russia's role in market stability
- TASS
- quotes Bahrain's foreign minister praising OPEC+ coordination with Russia at the 9th Russia-GCC ministerial