CHINA-RUSSIA: RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV CALLS FOR USING NATIONAL OR GOLD CURRENCIES INSTEAD OF THE DOLLAR TO BOLSTER TECHNOLOGICAL INDEPENDENCE

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, talking to the Chinese media at the start of a two-day visit to China, said Moscow and Beijing were compelled to develop independently of Washington in order to thwart what he said were U.S. attempts to curb their technological development. Reuters (March 22) reported Lavrov as saying "We need to reduce sanctions risks by bolstering our technological independence, by switching to payments in our national currencies and global currencies that serve as an alternative to the dollar. We need to move away from using international payment systems controlled by the West."







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