OREANDA-NEWS British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, following talks with Saudi Arabia and the UAE, could not achieve public promises to increase oil production, writes Reuters. According to Johnson's office, at a meeting in Abu Dhabi, the British Prime Minister stressed the need to work together to stabilize energy markets.

«Answering the question of whether Saudi Arabia will increase production, the British prime minister redirected the question to the Saudi side», the agency said in a statement.

Earlier it was reported that hypothetical sanctions against Russian oil sent to the EU could cause serious damage to the economies of European countries, said the Czech portal Časopis argument. It is wrote that Europe is unlikely to succeed in painlessly replacing supplies from Russia. At the same time, the rejection of Russian energy resources would lead to a significant increase in prices on the European market.