President Medvedev set to discuss customs union in Kazakhstan

MOSCOW. December 19. KAZINFORM. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev begins his three-day visit to Kazakhstan on Saturday to discuss a customs union and a single economic space with presidents of Kazakhstan and Belarus; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
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Medvedev, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a package of deals on November 27 in Minsk to create the customs union with common tariffs, paving the way for a single economic space.

"Medvedev, Lukashenko and Nazarbayev are expected to approve at the current meeting a draft plan to form a single economic space," a Kremlin source said.

In June 2009, the heads of governments of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of their intention to join the world trade club as a customs union; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti. See www.en.rian.ru for full version.

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