MOSCOW, May 15. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia cannot completely avoid using the US dollar as an accounting currency with partner countries, Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev told the television channel Russia Today on Thursday.
"There are positions where we cannot completely avoid using the dollar, but there are also those where we should reduce its use and replace by the Chinese yuan, South Korean won, Vietnamese dong, and so on," Ulyukayev said. "This is quite normal between countries having full-fledged trade and investment relations."
Speaking about the forthcoming meeting of trade ministers of Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation states in China, Ulyukayev said participants would discuss a whole range of trade and investment problems, including infrastructure development in the Asia-Pacific region.
"We have something we might suggest to our counterparts," he said.
In China, the minister will hold a number of meetings including economics ministers of China, Indonesia and Malaysia.