The Customs Union will be divided for the WTO

Government Regulation igry16-10-2009 Customs Union will split the WTO Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will enter separately into the World Trade Organization. This decision was announced after consultation of the Customs Union in Geneva. The fact that the participants of the tripartite alliance "intends to join the organization as a single block, it became known in early summer. In June, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced that the entry of the three countries in the WTO as a single customs area is "our common priority." Then, on the G-8 summit in Akville followed by a statement Arkady Dvorkovich that Russia may return to the scenario of WTO accession as a sovereign state. In this scenario, the country meekly knocked on the door of the organization for 16 years. As an official said Russia's position on all key issues will be "copied" to the positions of other members of the Customs Union - Belarus and Kazakhstan. In this case, it was expected that all three countries will be accepted into the WTO at the same time and in some circumstances. "