"Deputy Minister Adeyemo and Minister Marchenko discussed the progress made towards setting a cap on the price of Russian oil," the US Treasury said in a statement.
The parties also discussed Western support for Ukraine.
Billionaire and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on July 3 commented on the words of US President Joe Biden about the need to lower gasoline prices and that inflation in the United States is growing due to Russia's actions in Ukraine.
Bezos expressed confidence that Biden does not understand the basic laws of the economy.