Saudi Arabia pushed multiple Arab states to issue statements backing this month’s OPEC+ oil cut move, an Arab and an ex-American official have both said. Riyadh’s private efforts probably aimed at preventing the US isolating Riyadh and to demonstrate that all Arab OPEC+ members collectively elected to cut oil production, news website Axios said on Wednesday. The Saudi-led OPEC+ oil cartel, made up of OPEC members and associated states, including Russia, in early October said it would slash output by two million barrels a day from November. The US was frustrated by the decision and argued it wo…