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On December 20, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Morocco to attend a meeting of the Russian-Arab Cooperation Forum.
His plane landed in the morning at Marrakech-Menara airport.
The previous forum meeting took place in Moscow in April 2019, and subsequent meetings were reschedule...
By Rhod Mackenzie
According to analysis of data from the Pakistani government, Pakistan received a record 1.4 million tons of grain from Russia in 2023. In addition, the November imports were paid for the first time in UAE dirhams instead of US dollars.
At the end of autumn, Pakistan imported 37...
By Rhod Mackenzie
While the economies of the European Union (EU) states are slipping into recession, Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) is growing. Dmitry Medvedev, the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, announced on December 19 on his social media page.
He st...
By Rhod Mackenzie
During a meeting with the Chinese Premier Li Qiang on December 19, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin stated that the use of national currencies for payment of goods and services between Russia and China has increased. What is the the potential trade turnover between the tw...
By Rhod Mackenzie
According to Thomas Hill, a former senior State Department official and the current director of the North Africa program at the American Institute of Peace (USIP), the recent expansion of BRICS should concern the United States. Hill explains that new members and prospective membe...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The volume of trade between Russia and India may reach a record high by the end of the year. As of the end of the third quarter of 2023, the trade volume has already reached 3.9 trillion rubles. This information was reported by RIA Novosti, citing Deputy Minister of Economic Deve...
