VIENNA, May 23 (Reuters) - OPEC members Saudi Arabia and Algeria support extending oil output cuts by nine months and welcome maintaining a cooperation framework with non-OPEC producers in 2018, the Algerian energy ministry said on Tuesday.

The comment came after Algerian Energy Minister Noureddine Boutarfa met his Saudi counterpart Khalid al-Falih in Vienna ahead of an OPEC meeting on Thursday.

(Reporting by Ahmad Ghaddar; Editing by Dale Hudson) ((Dmitri.Zhdannikov@thomsonreuters.com;))