Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan in the multilateral consultations in Geneva, as expected, noted the return to the traditional pattern of negotiating accession to the WTO - the individual.

Joining the WTO as soon as possible remains a strategic goal, - said the head of Russia's Financial Times negotiator Maxim Medvedkov.

consultations on accession to WTO delegations of the Customs Union in Geneva, started from the beginning of the week and on Thursday hosted a multilateral meeting with the participation of WTO member countries that participated in the negotiations on accession of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. The fact that the resumption of talks should be announced on Thursday, was known in advance.

As reported in June this year, heads of governments of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan agreed to notify the WTO about the termination of individual negotiations on accession to the WTO and accession to the WTO a single customs territory.

legal difficulties in the customs territory of accession to the WTO (organization of the rules do not prohibit, but such precedents in its history was not) led to the fact that the Customs Union countries have decided to continue individual negotiations on WTO membership, but based on the synchronization of all issues falling under the regulation of the Customs Union (primarily addresses access to market goods).

It remains the task of the simultaneous accession of the Customs Union to the WTO. To synchronize the negotiation process and develop a common negotiating position of the Customs Union in August to form a united negotiating team for accession to the WTO, which was headed by M. Medvedkov.

deputy head of the Ministry of Economic Development Andrei Slepnev in early October told journalists that the Customs Union Commission agreed that in negotiations to join the Customs Union to the WTO will be taken as a basis for Russia's obligations. According to him, it means some increase in tariffs on the negotiating position of Kazakhstan and minor changes to the Belarusian position in negotiations.

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