Saudi Arabia ? British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a direct plea on Sunday for Gulf states to contribute to the International Monetary Fund’s reserves to bail out out struggling countries – promising that they would have a say in any future new world economic order.

Brown, who has drawn ire from some oil producing states for criticizing a recent decision by OPEC to cut production to lift prices, also told business leaders here that it was in everyone’s interest to have a stable price for crude oil.

Brown spoke to business leaders in a breakfast address on the first stop of a tour of the Gulf that includes Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

Analysts have warned that Gulf states could be reluctant to bolster the funds of the IMF, a body currently dominated by the United States and other G-7 industrialized nations.