“According to currently available estimates, in total, over the 11 months of last year, the volume of bilateral trade with Damascus increased by about three times compared to the same period in 2020,” he said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
Earlier, Crimea's Permanent Representative under the Russian President, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic's government, Georgy Muradov, said that Crimean ports could be used as part of the development of trade and economic relations between Russia and Syria.