MOSCOW (Sputnik) — In February, the energy ministers of Russia, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Qatar met in Doha, where they agreed to freeze their average monthly oil output throughout 2016 at January levels if other major energy producers followed suit.
The agreement was later supported by Ecuador, Algeria, Nigeria, Oman, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
"The goal of our meeting today is for me to hear personally from you whether you support [the oil production freeze] and what is your opinion on this issue," Putin said at the opening of the meeting.
