DUBAI, April 2 (Reuters) - Oman welcomes a U.S. invitation
to OPEC members to discuss ways of halting the drop in oil
prices, Omani newspaper al-Watan cited the country's oil
minister Mohammed bin Hamad al-Rumhy as saying on Thursday.
"The invitation addressed by the United States to OPEC's
main member countries to return to negotiations may rekindle
hopes of reaching a solution in the coming period to the
question of controlling the oil price decline," he said,
according to the newspaper.
Oman is not a member of the Organization of the Petroleum
Exporting Countries (OPEC) but has taken part in past efforts by
the group and other crude exporters to curb global oil supply.