According to him, Russia’s promising partners in this direction are China, India, the EAEU and CIS countries, as well as a number of countries in Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.

“I would especially like to note the early achievement of the goal of increasing bilateral Russian-Chinese trade in goods and services to $200 billion by 2024,” Ilyichev is quoted as saying on the department’s website.

Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that the share of national currencies in mutual settlements between the EAEU countries is 90%.