Saudi Arabia's energy minister met his counterparts from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Iraq and Libya on Monday following U.S. President Donald Trump's call for lower oil prices and ahead of a meeting next week of OPEC+ oil-producing countries.

By Yousef Saba, Maha El Dahan, Alex Lawler and Ahmad Ghaddar DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia's energy minister and several of his OPEC+ counterparts have held talks following U.S. President Donald Trump's call for lower oil prices and ahead of a meeting next week of OPEC+ oil-producing countries,

Oil prices experienced a decline on Monday, after US President Donald Trump’s public call for OPEC to lower prices. This statement from Trump followed the announcement of extensive measures to increase US oil and gas production.

Oil prices slipped on Monday after U.S. President Trump called on OPEC to reduce prices following the announcement of wide-ranging measures to boost U.S. oil and gas output in his first week in office.