The Committee reviewed the crude oil production data for August 2020 and welcomed the positive performance in overall conformity for participating OPEC and non-OPEC countries of the DoC, which was recorded at 102% in August 2020, including Mexico as per the secondary sources.

Energy minister Alexander Novak said Russia "greatly values cooperation with OPEC," and that while overall compliance with the cuts is high, "I would like to urge everyone to view this very seriously and stick to the high level of conformity we were able to achieve."

Russia's $21 billion project Arctic LNG 2, which received final investment approval a year ago, is expected to be launched in 2023 and to reach its full capacity of almost 20 million tonnes per year in 2026.

Russia says Nord Stream 2 is a commercial project -- backed by five European energy companies -- and should not be used for political point-scoring.

"Nord Stream 2 for us is an economic project, a positive project, because we believe that it is good to have more diversification and to be able to use different routes for energy supply to Europe," Kurz said during a press conference in Vienna.

Reduce U.S. imports of uranium from Russia. Under the current Agreement, Russian uranium exports are limited to approximately 20% of U.S. enrichment demand.

“The Baltic Sea pipeline is above all in the interests of Germany and western Europe as we want to achieve the energy transformation,”

Schwesig said she agreed that Russia had to explain the poisoning, but said the crime "should not be used to challenge Nord Stream 2."

Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed to further closely coordinate their work on production cuts, trade and investments.

The German government led by Chancellor Angela Merkel has up to now supported Nord Stream 2, which is almost complete with just 160 km of the line left to lay in Danish waters.