28 Jul 2011 12:01

Russia plans to complete talks on WTO accession by Dec 2011 - chief negotiator

MOSCOW. July 28 (Interfax) - A plan for negotiations on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) envisions its completion by the time of the WTO General Council meeting scheduled for December 14-16, Maxim Medvedkov, the chief of the Russian delegation at the WTO talks, has told Interfax in a comment on the Wednesday multilateral consultations in Geneva.

"During the consultations, the chair of the working group on Russia's accession to the WTO, Stefan Johannesson, proposed that the timeline envision a technical opportunity for completing the talks by the end of the year, so that Russia's accession to the WTO will be on the agenda of the General Council meeting to take place on December 14-16," Medvedkov said.