Posted 12/4/2023, 5:20:00 PM
Putin to Visit Gulf Allies to Talk Energy Ties Amid Sanctions
- Putin to visit UAE and Saudi Arabia this week to discuss OPEC+ cooperation and oil production cuts
- Visit comes after OPEC+ agreed to cut output by 2.2 million barrels per day
- Putin wants to build ties with Gulf states amid Western sanctions on Russia
- Putin has an ICC arrest warrant against him but can visit UAE and Saudi Arabia as they are not ICC members
- Putin rarely travels abroad now, last visit beyond former Soviet states was to China in October