CIS EXPERTS HELD TALKS ON FREE TRADE ZONE AGREEMENT
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
19.05.2009 12:31 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ First session of the expert work group of CIS member
states took place at the office of CIS Executive Committee. The session
was devoted to the issue of negotiations over the draft Agreement on
Free Trade Zone, submitted by the ministry of economic development
of the Russian Federation.
According to the press office of the CIS Executive Committee,
representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyz, Moldova, Russia,
Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Ukraine, CIS executive committee
participated in the work of the session. Representatives of Kazakhstan
and Uzbekistan did not take part.
All member states preliminary submitted remarks and suggestions
regarding the draft Agreement on Free Trade Zone.
Members of the session made a decision to request the ministry of
economic development of RF to finalize the draft agreement on Free
Trade Zone in respect to outcomes of discussions and submit it by
July 15, 2009 to the CIS Executive Committee for directing to the
CIS member states.
Besides, participants of the session asked to specify the position
of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in respect to their participation in
the works aimed at harmonization of the draft agreement. An appeal
to the government of Turkmenistan was adopted with request to join
the works of CIS member states’ expert group aimed at negotiations
of the draft Agreement on Free Trade Zone.
The next session of the work group will take place in June in Moscow.