Gradually abandon the US dollar, Ke Palace spokesman: Russia and Iran will cooperate to reduce the impact of Western sanctions

According to a report by Russia on July 18, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that Russia and Iran have the opportunity to establish bilateral cooperation to minimize the impact of Western sanctions. Over time, the two sides will gradually stop using the US dollar in the cooperation.

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Peskov pointed out that Iran has been sanctioned in the West for more than ten years, but the country has adapted to and can develop and improve people's lives. He said that Russia is also accustomed to sanctions and added that Western restrictions on Russia have existed since the Soviet era.

In an interview with the Iranian TV station, the Kremlin spokesman also said, "Therefore, I think we have the opportunity to establish bilateral cooperation, which will enable us to minimize the damage caused by these sanctions." The interview clip is also in Russia in Russia The National Television Channel 24 (Rossiya 24) was broadcast.

Peskov also said, "We all know that the trade volume of Russia and Iraq was slightly more than $ 4 billion last year. Although it may be wrong with measuring their (trade volume of the two countries) in the US dollar, we will be wrong. (Russia and Iran) cooperation in the field of banks and finance, we may gradually abandon the U.S. dollar. "He pointed out that the trade volume between the two countries increased by 31%in the first four months of this year, saying that" this is an active active active active the trend of".

It is reported that after Russia adopted special military operations in Ukraine, Western countries imposed a number of severe sanctions on Russia. Russian President Putin pointed out that the policy of curbing and weakening Russia is a long -term strategy of the West, and Western sanctions on Russia have a serious blow to the entire world economy. The United States and the European Union have actually announced their default against Russia and frozen Russia's foreign exchange reserves.

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