11-19-2007, 12:06 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>OPEC leaders upset over dollar slide:</b> Ahmadinejad RIYADH, Nov 19 (AFP) -
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday OPEC heads of state were annoyed about the decline in the dollar and asked their finance and oil ministers to study the issue of pricing oil. âThe dollar is falling, all heads of state were upset today because of the dollar. The value of their (financial) reserves has dropped,â Ahmadinijad told a press conference. âAll leaders taking part in the meeting were willing to convert the pricing of oil into a currency other than the dollar,â he said. âThe meeting decided to direct our ministers of finance and oil to talk about this and later produce their findings,â he said. Ahmadinijad also said that Iran proposed that OPEC should have its own strong currency because that would serve the interests of all world countries, besides OPEC. (Posted @ 10:00 PST)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> <!--emo&:bhappy--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/b_woot.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='b_woot.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday OPEC heads of state were annoyed about the decline in the dollar and asked their finance and oil ministers to study the issue of pricing oil. âThe dollar is falling, all heads of state were upset today because of the dollar. The value of their (financial) reserves has dropped,â Ahmadinijad told a press conference. âAll leaders taking part in the meeting were willing to convert the pricing of oil into a currency other than the dollar,â he said. âThe meeting decided to direct our ministers of finance and oil to talk about this and later produce their findings,â he said. Ahmadinijad also said that Iran proposed that OPEC should have its own strong currency because that would serve the interests of all world countries, besides OPEC. (Posted @ 10:00 PST)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> <!--emo&:bhappy--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/b_woot.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='b_woot.gif' /><!--endemo-->