Belarusian,
Kazakh and Russian officials began discussions in Geneva on June 17 on the accession of the
three countries' customs union to the World Trade Organization (WTO), RIA
Novosti reported citing Maksim Medvedkov, director of the Trade Talks Office at
the Russian Ministry of Economic Development. The three
countries' prime ministers announced on June 9 that the customs union would
seek membership of the WTO as a single entity.
Reuters reported
that Russia and Kazakhstan have
not yet formally suspended individual accession efforts.
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