MOSCOW, March 21. /TASS/. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin is confident that Moscow and Beijing will bring trade turnover to $200 bln in 2023.
"Last year mutual trade turnover rose by almost one third, approaching $190 bln. I am confident that this year we will meet the target set by you and Russian President Vladimir V. Putin to bring trade turnover to $200 bln," he said at a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday.
Despite unfavorable external environment, global markets' turbulence and mounting sanctions imposed by the collective West, the Sino-Russian trade and economic cooperation is successfully developing, Mishustin stressed.