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Saudi Arabia was swayed by
pressure from the West to push for higher OPEC oil output, Iran said after it rallied others member to resist the move and the group's Wednesday meeting fell apart. Refuting Saudi accusations of obstinacy in the bitter aftermath, OPEC governor Mohammad Ali Khatibi told Reuters on Thursday that Iran had stood up for the group's independence. Consumer countries including the United States had urged
OPEC to supply more oil to stop high oil prices derailing economic recovery. Khatibi questioned the motives of Saudi Arabia in echoing that call. "Perhaps there is a pressure on them," Khatibi said in an interview. "Some consumer countries may have exerted pressure on them or they had special demands." "What happened shows OPEC is an independent organisation," he said. "If one wants to exert pressure to make the others give up -- no."
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Хотя, конечно, очень приятно быть "независимой" организацией, если снижать квоты, в случае падения цен, приходится в основном одной Саудовской Аравии. А когда цены высоки, то остальные члены ОПЕК качают, как могут, а саудитам говорят: "мы конечно понимаем, - на вас давят..." А у саудитов тем временем резервных мощностей почти столько же, сколько весь российский нефтяной экспорт...
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Saudi Arabia was swayed by
pressure from the West to push for higher OPEC oil output, Iran said after it rallied others member to resist the move and the group's Wednesday meeting fell apart. Refuting Saudi accusations of obstinacy in the bitter aftermath, OPEC governor Mohammad Ali Khatibi told Reuters on Thursday that Iran had stood up for the group's independence. Consumer countries including the United States had urged
OPEC to supply more oil to stop high oil prices derailing economic recovery. Khatibi questioned the motives of Saudi Arabia in echoing that call. "Perhaps there is a pressure on them," Khatibi said in an interview. "Some consumer countries may have exerted pressure on them or they had special demands." "What happened shows OPEC is an independent organisation," he said. "If one wants to exert pressure to make the others give up -- no."
ПС.
Хотя, конечно, очень приятно быть "независимой" организацией, если снижать квоты, в случае падения цен, приходится в основном одной Саудовской Аравии. А когда цены высоки, то остальные члены ОПЕК качают, как могут, а саудитам говорят: "мы конечно понимаем, - на вас давят..." А у саудитов тем временем резервных мощностей почти столько же, сколько весь российский нефтяной экспорт...

