Turkey wants to abandon the dollar in payments for Russian energy resources and switch to the national currency.

This is reported by Bloomberg.

It is noted that the transition to the lira Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may discuss at a meeting with Kremlin head Vladimir Putin in Tehran.

A Turkish official said that Ankara wants to abandon the dollar when paying to Russia and offer the lira as an option. Russia, in turn, can use the Turkish currency to export goods and services from Turkey.

Also, one of the publication's sources claims that the countries may use the ruble in payments.

"Russia remains an important source of energy supplies for Turkey. It provided a quarter of Turkey's crude oil imports and about 45 percent of its natural gas purchases last year, giving Moscow a huge surplus in bilateral trade," the paper said.

In this case, last year, Turkey's exports to Russia amounted to $ 6.5 billion and imports - $ 29 billion.

Earlier, it became known that Putin and Erdogan will hold a meeting in Iran, during which they will discuss the organization of the "grain corridor" for Ukraine.