Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – The White House responded to statements by Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, in which he said that resorting to the sale of oil reserves could be “painful,” as John Kirby indicated that he did not know whether this The statement means that the Kingdom is planning a new reduction in oil production.
And the Saudi Energy Minister had said during his participation in the “Future Investment” initiative about the Americans: “They started depleting their emergency stocks and used the matter to manipulate market prices.”
Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman continued, “While the purpose of their existence (oil reserves) is to counter any shortage of supply, so let it be, each party has its own decision in this regard, but it is my duty to make it clear to the world that the loss of emergency stocks of oil may become painful in the months. coming.”
The White House Coordinator for External Communications was asked whether the Saudi Energy Minister was alluding with this statement to an additional production cut that Saudi Arabia plans in the future.
Kirby replied, “I’m referring you to them Jackie, I’m not privy to their future decisions, what we suggested is that they don’t make a decision now and wait until the next meeting scheduled early next month, so we’ll see what they do,” he said.
On Wednesday, the White House expressed its anger over the statements of the Saudi Energy Minister, that his country decided to deal with “maturity” towards the tense relations between the Kingdom and the United States, after the dispute over the OPEC Plus group’s decision to reduce oil production by two million barrels per day, noting that The relationship with Saudi Arabia “is not a high school romance,” he said.