RIYADH, February 18. /TASS/. Establishing of economic contacts between Russia and the US is very important mainly for Washington and other countries that start to understand attractiveness of the Russian market, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev told reporters.
According to his estimate, the US business lost over $300 bln by leaving the Russian market. "Finding joint economic ways and positive solutions for issues is very important largely for the US and for many other countries, which start to understand that the Russian market is very attractive and there is a need to be present there. Therefore we are looking forward to a positive discussion, a positive dialogue and definitely see President Donald Trump is proactively solving plenty of problems in the world. We hope the position of Russia will be heard very clearly and the dialogue will continue," Dmitriev said.
Talks with the US delegation are very important, Dmitriev stressed. "The whole world keeps an eye whether the United States and Russia manage to improve relations, because our better relations will make it possible to solve a large number of global tasks and problems the world now faces," he added.