12:50, 14 May 2009 | GMT +5
Talks on Russia's accession to WTO to continue in late May
MOSCOW. May 14. KAZINFORM Geneva will host the next round of talks on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization on May 25-29, Russia's top negotiator said on Wednesday; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.

Maxim Medvedkov said the WTO working group would discuss Russia's new proposals on most of the remaining unsettled issues, in particular the government's domestic agriculture subsidies.
The Russian and U.S. presidents earlier instructed their governments to expedite Russia's accession to the global trade body. Russia's Economics Ministry has said Russia could join before the end of 2009; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.
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