Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Thursday during which they discussed the OPEC+ oil agreement and the situation in the Middle East, the Kremlin said.

In a later statement, al-Sudani's office said that on the call the two had discussed the importance of coordination between OPEC and OPEC+ members on oil price stability in a manner that guarantees fair prices for exporters and consumers.

OPEC+ groups members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies led by Russia.

(Reporting by Reuters, Clauda Tanios and Nayera Abdallah in Dubai, Writing by Gleb Stolyarov, Editing by Andrew Osborn and Jan Harvey)