Customs Union created uniform WTO group

Almaty. August 13. Kazakhstan Today - The Customs Union has created uniform negotiation group for joining World Trade Organization (WTO) headed by Maxim Medvedkov. First Vice Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Igor Shuvalov, informed, following the results of the seventh session of the Customs Union Commission taken place in Moscow on Wednesday, the agency reports citing RBC.

"We have created the negotiation group, which consists of the representatives of all three states. They are skilled negotiators. We have agreed that this uniform group will be headed by M. Medvedkov," I. Shuvalov said. Now, M. Medvedkov heads the Russian delegation at the negotiations for joining WTO.

"This negotiation group will carry out the negotiations on introduction of the Customs Union to WTO and for introduction of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan to WTO on acceptable conditions," I. Shuvalov said. First Vice Prime Minister underlined that "the priority is introduction of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan on the same conditions and at a time".

He informed that the group will be created by August 24 and will immediately start formal negotiations with WTO Secretariat."

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