“We follow what the Europeans are doing.
In the sixth package of sanctions, they noted the idea that they could consider a price ceiling, ”TASS quoted him as saying during a speech at the Aspen Institute security forum in Colorado.
Adeyemo added that the European Union intends to introduce oil insurance measures by September.
“So our goal is that by December, when the insurance ban comes into effect, we could add a price ceiling to that to bring down energy prices,” the official concluded.
Earlier, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced the possibility of an increase in oil prices in the event that a price cap on Russian oil is not introduced.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has warned that the anti-market plans of the G7 countries to set a price ceiling for Russian oil could lead to an increase in prices for it.
According to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, Russia will not supply oil to the world market if, following the price restrictions discussed by the G7 countries, it turns out to be lower than production costs.