The trade turnover between the CIS countries will reach 100 billion USD by the end of 2022. This was announced by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin at the informal meeting of the leaders of the CIS countries in St. Petersburg, reports the Kremlin press-service.
“In the outgoing year, the multifaceted interaction of our states developed successfully on the whole. This confirms the steady growth of trade between us and Russia with all the CIS countries. For January-October it increased by 6.6 percent to 81.5 billion US dollars. There is ground to expect that by the end of this year it will reach 100 billion US dollars”, Putin said.
The summit is attended by President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Zhaparov, President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov and President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
