Russia Accelerating Efforts to Dump Dollar, Warns Senior Diplomat
TEHRAN (Basirat): Moscow will definitely respond to Washington’s latest sanctions and in particular, it will step up efforts to abandon the dollar in trade operations, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in an interview with International Affairs magazine.
According to Tass news agency, extracts from the interview were available on the
publication’s website on Thursday.
"The time has come when we need to go from words to actions, and get rid of the
dollar as a means of mutual settlements, and look for other alternatives,"
Ryabkov said. "Thank God, this is happening, and we will speed up this work," he
emphasized.
"Besides that we must take retaliatory measures. Considering the logic and
mentality that exist we should not leave their sanctions unanswered," he
stressed.
The lack of a direct answer to the challenge is only seen as a sign of weakness
there and for the hotheads in Washington it is another reason to crank up
pressure," the diplomat noted.
Source: Tasnim
