Iran urges OPEC to stop pricing oil trades in dollars
Oil is priced in US. dollars on the world market and the currency's depreciation has concerned producers because it has contributed to rising crude prices and eroded the value of their dollar reserves.
By Agencies |
TEHRAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has urged OPEC members to form a joint bank and stop pricing oil trades in US dollars.
Ahmadinejad told OPEC Secretary General Abdalla Salem el-Badri the cartel ``should establish a joint bank as well as having joint currency,'' according to the Iranian government's Web site.
Oil is priced in US. dollars on the world market and the currency's depreciation has concerned producers because it has contributed to rising crude prices and eroded the value of their dollar reserves.
Iran has repeatedly urged OPEC members to shift sales away from dollar. But Iran's proposal to trade oil in a basket of currencies is not supported by enough OPEC members who include a number of staunch U.S. allies such as leading producer Saudi Arabia.
Ahmadinejad told OPEC Secretary General Abdalla Salem el-Badri the cartel ``should establish a joint bank as well as having joint currency,'' according to the Iranian government's Web site.
Oil is priced in US. dollars on the world market and the currency's depreciation has concerned producers because it has contributed to rising crude prices and eroded the value of their dollar reserves.
Iran has repeatedly urged OPEC members to shift sales away from dollar. But Iran's proposal to trade oil in a basket of currencies is not supported by enough OPEC members who include a number of staunch U.S. allies such as leading producer Saudi Arabia.
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