It added that they discussed possible ways of cooperation between Rosneft and Saudi Aramco in upstream, downstream as well as in liquefied natural gas projects and trading.

Rosneft also said they praised the outcome of the last-week meeting between the OPEC group and other oil producers led by Russia. The producers decided to extend oil output cuts by another nine months through to the end of March 2018.

(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Editing by Denis Pinchuk)