MOSCOW, February 4. /TASS/. The reason for the decline of oil prices is that some OPEC countries are not oriented towards their own interests, but the interests of the United States, Adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ali Akbar Velayati said Thursday.
"The fact is that, unfortunately, some countries - OPEC members do not think about their own national interests, they think more about the interests of consumers - countries such as the United States. This is why the price of oil is in decline. I hope that the time comes when they will think about the interests of their own people," he said.
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