“Many in the world are skeptical about the proposal to limit the price of Russian oil, and this is not my personal opinion, but the opinion of the market,” TASS quoted him as saying.

The Minister stressed that relations between Russia and India are strong in many areas, including energy. 

Earlier, US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said that the American side expects China and India to join the initiative aimed at imposing a price ceiling on Russian oil.

On September 2, the finance ministers of the G7 countries agreed to impose a ceiling on the price of oil from Russia.