Via Yousef Saba, Maha El Dahan and Alex Lawler in reuters.com: Saudi Arabia’s energy minister and several of his OPEC+ counterparts have held talks following U.S. President Donald Trumps call for lower oil prices and ahead of a meeting next week of OPEC+ oil-producing countries, according to official statements and sources. Trump last week called on Saudi Arabia and OPEC to lower oil prices. OPEC+ has yet to respond, but five OPEC+ delegates said a meeting of the groups top ministers on Feb. 3 is unlikely to adjust its current plan to start raising output from April. On Monday, Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman held talks with Iraqs Hayan Abdel-Ghani and Libyas Khalifa Abdulsadek in Riyadh, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
