RIYADH: Saudi King Salman and US President Donald Trump emphasised the need to preserve oil market stability and the efforts of oil-producing countries to compensate for any potential shortage, in a phone call reported by Saudi state media on Saturday.
The statement did not mention any intention by Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, to raise production to 2 million barrels per day.
Trump said in a tweet he had asked the king for such an increase and the king had agreed.