サウジへの要請「書簡送付済み」　原油増産見送り、影響注視―萩生田経産相

　萩生田光一経済産業相は５日の閣議後記者会見で、サウジアラビアのアブドルアジズ・エネルギー相が、日本政府からの原油増産要請について「聞いていない」と発言したことについて、「増産要請については先週末に書簡を送った」と述べた。その上で「要は私と直接会ってしゃべっていないということなんだと思う」と語った。
　石油輸出国機構（ＯＰＥＣ）加盟・非加盟の主要産油国で構成する「ＯＰＥＣプラス」は４日、大幅増産を見送り、従来の生産計画の維持を決めた。萩生田経産相は「今後の原油の需給や価格にどのような影響を与えるか注視していく必要がある」と述べ、国際機関や米国と連携し、産油国への働き掛けを続ける方針を示した。（2021/11/05-12:44）

The Japanese government asked Saudi Arabia in writing late last week to boost crude oil production, Japanese trade minister Koichi Hagiuda said Friday.
   Hagiuda, who oversees energy policy, made the comments after Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said Thursday that he has not heard a request from Japan to increase oil production.
   "I think what (Prince Abdulaziz) meant was that he has yet to meet and talk with me in person," Hagiuda told a press conference.
   The Japanese minister said that he has not received a call from the Saudi prince. "I think he called someone else," Hagiuda said.
   Prince Abdulaziz said he has called his new Japanese counterpart to congratulate him on the appointment but that the Japanese official did not take the call or call him back later.