MOSCOW, March 4 Russia and Venezuela discuss the use of digital payment instruments in trade, this would also help secure payments from the influence of the United States and Western Europe, said Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov.
«Peace» is one of the alternatives so that both our population and the population of Venezuela can adequately use these cards and make their daily payments. In addition to the population, payments must also be made between businesses and commercial structures. In this direction, our states just recently at a meeting of the BRICS countries… Our Minister of Finance talked about how we could interact, including using digital payment instruments that would provide an alternative to the dollar and euro,” he said, answering a question about Russian cooperation and Venezuela, speaking at the “Knowledge.First” marathon as part of the World Youth Festival.
«This would motivate countries to use their own currencies in payments and maximally secure these payments from the desire to slow down this cooperation on the part of the United States and Western Europe «, he emphasized.
The World Youth Festival is held from March 1 to 7 in the federal territory of Sirius by decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The organizer of the festival is Rosmolodezh.
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