Russian President Vladimir Putin and & nbsp; Chinese President Xi & nbsp; Jinping discussed the need to create a financial infrastructure for & nbsp; servicing trade operations between the two countries said the assistant to the Russian head of state Yuri Ushakov. The main requirement for & nbsp; her & nbsp; & mdash; independence from & nbsp; influence of other countries.
“ It is in & nbsp; to create such an infrastructure that & nbsp; which could not & nbsp; be influenced by third countries & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & mdash; Ushakov emphasized, commenting on the talks between the leaders of the two countries in the & nbsp; videoconference mode (quoted by & nbsp; Interfax). He & nbsp; recalled that & nbsp; the volume of bilateral trade at the & nbsp; year-end will be a record year. “ With & nbsp; both sides confirmed the desire to bring mutual trade to the & nbsp; $ 200 billion boundary '', & nbsp; & mdash; quoted by TASS.
Ushakov added that & nbsp; Putin and & nbsp; Xi Jinping advocated & nbsp; increasing the share of national currencies in & nbsp; mutual settlements. “ This is really being discussed and & nbsp; is really happening '', & nbsp; & mdash; he stressed, answering the & nbsp; clarifying question of journalists, they are discussing & nbsp; is & nbsp; already creating such a system of mutual settlements practically.
Putin and & nbsp; Xi Jinping discussed expanding the access of investors of the two countries to & nbsp; their stock markets and & nbsp; exchanged experiences in & nbsp; digital currencies of central banks.
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