Russia will work with Saudi Arabia against any"attempt to destabilise" the oil market, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview broadcast Sunday, on the eve of a visit to Riyadh.
"If anyone believes that acts such as the seizing of tankers or strikes against oil infrastructure could in any way affect the cooperation between Russia and our Arab friends... they are very wrong," Putin said. In recent years, non-member Russia has cooperated closely with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries , which is led by Saudi Arabia.