Iraqi PM discusses oil price stability with Saudi King

Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman discussed coordination over stabilizing oil prices in a phone call on Monday, July 1, Abdul Mahdi’s office said.

“The talks were primarily over the brotherly countries cooperating in the OPEC conference for oil and energy ministers currently being held in Vienna to regulate oil market affairs, and coordination between the two countries to achieve oil price stability in the coming period,” his office said in a statement.
However, the call comes after a story was publishedin the Wall Street Journal on June 28 that reported that US officials have concluded that drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil industry in May originated in Iraq, not Yemen.
According to the newspaper, Iraqi officials have requested additional information from the US about the claims. Abdul Mahdi has said that Iraqi intelligence agencies have turned up not proof that the attack originated in Iraq.
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