HANGZHOU, September 5. /TASS/. Russia and Saudi Arabia are going to discuss freezing oil production for 3 or 6 months, maybe more, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak told reporters on Monday.

"We are discussing the time of freezing oil production- from 3 to 6 months, maybe a longer period. Today we saw that some OPEC countries joined our application, in particular the United Arab Emirates," the minister said.

According to the minister, freezing oil production at levels of July, August or September 2016 is currently in talks.

"Given that it is already September, not the first half of the year, but one of the months of the second half if considered. It could be July, August, September," the Minister said.

He noted that Russia is ready to join freezing oil production with any given month. "We are ready to join any month, because we have been supporting this idea for a year, and it is important for us that other countries support it," Novak said.