US supports OPEC + decision to increase oil production – RBK

Washington welcomes OPEC + decision to increase oil production. About it stated White House spokesman Jen Psaki.

“We welcome the decision of OPEC + to continue to increase production. We believe that this is in conjunction with our (American – RBK) recent sale [топлива] from the strategic oil reserve will contribute to the global economic recovery, ”she said.

The United States will continue to engage with its OPEC + partners “as needed,” she said.

On January 4, representatives of 23 countries at the OPEC + ministerial meeting agreed to increase production by 400,000 barrels per day in February. In this way, they kept the previous agreement in force, which was in effect even before the mass spread of the new omicron strain.