OPEC Calls On US To Join The Oil Talks

BAGHDAD / NINA/ The Secretary General of / OPEC /, called on United States to join the talks of freeze oil production. The Secretary General of OPEC, Abdullah al-Badri, speaking in a conference in Houston, said that he "hold talks with the EU, Russia, China and all other concerned countries except the United States, pointing out that he wants a" dialogue "with the United States as well." The Secretary-General of OPEC announced that" the major oil producers in the world have might be studied "other steps" for the oversupply in the global markets if succeeded in preliminary agreement to freeze production for several months." Badri renewed "willingness to work with oil producers from inside / OPEC / and outside to drain the glut of global supply, which reduced prices to their lowest levels in more than ten years, saying:" The initial agreement to freeze production reached by Saudi Arabia, Russia and other producers in the last week is just the beginning. " Badri continued: "The first step to freeze production, if successful, we will resort to other steps in the future." / end