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Kremlin says it is not linking oil and Syria in talks with Saudis

Published: 17 Feb 2016 - 12:31 pm | Last Updated: 02 Nov 2021 - 11:57 am
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In this file photo Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks to a journalist as his press secretory Dmitry Peskov tries to stop questions after the peace talks in Minsk, Belarus, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. AP /Alexander Zemlianicheko

 

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday there is no link between Syria and oil production in Russia's dialogue with Saudi Arabia.

"They are two different matters," Peskov told reporters."It is natural they have a dialogue about their own interests, both sides are naturally interested in such a dialogue. These are things that are not interdependent and not interlinked."

He also said Russia is interested in continued dialogue with other oil producing nations to exchange views on the situation on the global oil market.

REUTERS