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Russian Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak says Nigeria and Libya should join an agreement brokered by OPEC, Russia, and others to cut oil output as soon as the two countries’ output stabilizes.

Novak made the comments on July 23 in an interview with The Financial Times ahead of a meeting by OPEC and non-OPEC oil ministers in St. Petersburg on July 24 to discuss the effects on pricing as production rises in Nigeria and Libya.

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