LONDON/MOSCOW, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Eight OPEC+ countries ​have agreed ‌in principle to maintain a ‌planned pause in their oil output hikes for March, ⁠according to ‌three OPEC+ sources and a ‍draft statement seen by Reuters ahead of their ​Sunday meeting.

The countries ‌had agreed the pause in output hikes for the first quarter in ⁠November. The formal ​meeting is ​now scheduled for 1400 GMT, two ‍of ⁠the sources said.

(Reporting by Olesya Astakhova, ⁠Ahmad Ghaddar and Alex ‌Lawler; Editing by ‌Alexander Smith)