«At the end of 2022, Russia's trade turnover with its CIS partners exceeded the $110 billion mark. During the first half of the current year, it added another 12%. [...]
Barriers need to be removed. As we work in the practical sphere, we know that sometimes it seems more advantageous at the national level, and in the national interest, to maintain these barriers for a certain period of time. In this way, we deliberately hold back the pace, which could indeed be—as Aleksandr Grigoryevich said—even higher.»
➡️ President Putin further invited his CIS counterparts to an informal summit in Saint Petersburg on December 21.
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