“With regard to contacts, the charter ... it remains. This was said including on March 6 by all parties, therefore, within the framework of the charter at the technical level, there is constant communication between specialists, it never stopped, ”TASS quoted him as saying.

According to him, permanent working contacts are held at the level of ministries and ministers between different countries.

Earlier, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said that Moscow currently does not see the conditions for a return to the deal to reduce oil under OPEC +.

On March 6, the OPEC + countries could not agree on changing the parameters of the transaction to reduce oil production, as well as on its extension.