27 Apr 2011 14:59

Georgian-Russian WTO talks to be held in Bern April 29

TBILISI, April 27 (Interfax) - A second round of the talks between Tbilisi and Moscow on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization, which resumed in March, will be held in Bern, Switzerland, on April 29, Georgian government spokesman Niko Mchedlishvili told Interfax.

The Georgian delegation will be led by the Georgian prime minister's chief foreign affairs advisor Tamara Kovziridze, who was Georgia's chief negotiator at the previous meeting, he said.

Kovsiridze, who is Georgia's chief negotiator on WTO issues, has been declining comments before her trip to Bern.