Again, OPEC shuts out Bloomberg, Reuters, WSJ from its Vienna conference

According to AFP, the media ban follows a similar move by the Vienna-based Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, which saw accreditations withdrawn for a June meeting of the 13 OPEC members led by Riyadh and their 10 allies headed by Moscow.

“We are very concerned by the prospect of OPEC excluding certain journalists, including from Bloomberg, from next week’s seminar,” said a statement by the US news agency consulted by AFP on Thursday.

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