DOHA: International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde warned on Sunday that global energy prices could remain low for years and urged Gulf countries to adjust their budgets.

Speaking in Qatar’s capital Doha after meeting ministers and officials from the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Lagarde warned that the countries could no longer rely on revenues from oil and gas.

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