OREANDA-NEWS There is reason to hope that the trade turnover between Russia and China will approach the figure of $ 200 billion, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with a member of the politburo of the CPC Central Committee, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

"We recently stated at a meeting with the Chairman of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, with whom I met on the sidelines of the International Economic Far Eastern Forum in Vladivostok, in the first month of this year, the trade turnover exceeded $ 120 billion. And we have every reason to hope that we will at least get closer to the figure of 200 billion," Putin said.

He also noted the successful cooperation between the two countries in the field of sports and the humanitarian sphere.