Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, speaking at the site of the Asia Society in Hong Kong said that Russia will not be able to increase the turnover with China to $ 200 billion by 2020, but declines from this goal.
Hong KONG, 18 Jan. Russia will not be able to increase the turnover with China to $ 200 billion by 2020, but declines from this goal, said Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich.
“Our presidents have agreed that the trade between us must reach $ 200 billion by 2020. We understand that we can not yet reach it, for dropped oil prices and changed trading conditions. But we still have such a goal, we need to do it,” said Dvorkovich, speaking at the site of the Asia Society in Hong Kong.
The President of Russia Vladimir Putin during his visit to China in 2014, said that Russia and China by 2020 plan to achieve a turnover of 200 billion dollars.
The head of the Ministry of economic development Alexei Ulyukayev on January 16 stated that the goal of trade between Russia and China to $ 200 billion by 2020, might have to adjust over time, but it remains on the bilateral agenda.