BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

26/09/2009

Shuvalov: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan to jointly accede to WTO

Interfax-Ukraine

Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan plan to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) simultaneously and on identical terms as a single entity, the Customs Union, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov announced on Saturday.

"It is our principle that we should accede [to the WTO] as a single customs territory. In response we have been told to formalize our membership on a bilateral basis, in other words formally, legally, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Russia will join the WTO on identical terms Shuvalov told international television and radio company Mir.

But other options are also possible, Shuvalov said. "Our leaders will consider the most acceptable solutions on how to do this more quickly but that is purely a head-of-state level of decision making," he said.

On Friday, Shuvalov attended a meeting in Almaty, Kazakhstan, of the Customs Union Commission.

Source:

http://www.kyivpost.com/world/49512

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