President Vladimir Putin said Russia may agree to extend a deal with OPEC to curb oil supplies beyond March to the end of 2018, though he’ll wait to make a decision until nearer the end of the existing pact.

 

“Based on the realities in March 2018, we will make our decision, but I do not rule out that we may extend” the agreement, Putin said at the Russian Energy Week conference in Moscow on Wednesday. “If we speak about a possible extension, then of course, it should be at least until the end of 2018.”

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