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Russia may join WTO on December 15
31.10.2011 13:19 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
A decision allowing Russia to join the World Trade Organization may be taken at a meeting of ministers of the WTO member countries, which will take place on December 15.
This is what Arkady Dvorkovich, an aide of the Russian president, said at a recent press conference at the «RIA Novosti» news agency.
Final consultations over disputable issues of this joining are currently under way in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Russia is expecting to learn the results of these consultations in the next few hours.
«If all the disputes are settled, a working group on this issue will meet on November 11,» Mr. Dvorkovich said. «And, if the working group okays this decision, the final step will be made at the ministers’ meeting on December 15. However, all the documents to this effect must also be ratified by Russia.» Source: RIAN.
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