Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman said Sunday that the decision by OPEC+ to cut oil output was taken unanimously and for purely economic reasons.
“Although the OPEC+ decision, which was taken unanimously, was due to purely economic reasons, some accused the Kingdom of standing with Russia,” he said on Twitter.
“Iran is also a member of OPEC, does this mean that the Kingdom is standing with Iran as well?” he asked.
Prince Khalid also said that he was "astonished" by accusations that the Kingdom was "standing with Russia in its war with Ukraine."
"It is telling that these false accusations did not come from the Ukrainian government,” he tweeted.
