92% share of national currencies in the exchanges between Russia and Belarus – Mehr news agency Iran and world's news
According to Mehr reporter, quoted by Tas, Dmitry Krutoythe ambassador of Belarus in Russia, announced that during the last year, 92% of trade relations between the two countries were conducted in national currencies other than dollars.
During an interview with the ONT TV channel, he added: 92% of trade between Russia and Belarus is done in rubles, and this is a big figure. We have not experienced such a volume of exchange in national currencies before.
According to this Belarusian diplomat, over the past 2 years, Belarusian exports to Russia have increased by 8.5 billion dollars.
Roman GoluchankoThe Prime Minister of Belarus has also announced that the volume of trade between the two countries will grow by 6% in 2023 and reach 53 billion dollars.