CIS Prime Ministers agreed on free trade zone treaty
23:33, 18 October 2011
SAINT PETERSBURG. October 18. KAZINFORM /Kanat Kulshmanov/ "Heads of Governments of the CIS member countries agreed on signing the treaty on free trade zone," Chairman of the Russian Government Vladimir Putin said.
"As a result of long and constructive negotiations we have come to a decision on the key issue we have gathered for today, we have agreed on signing the treaty on free trade zone within the Commonwealth of Independent States," Vladimir Putin told the enlarged meeting of the Council of the CIS PMs.
"The said document will be referred to as the Saint Petersburg Treaty and will be signed today," Chairman of the Russian Government Vladimir Putin told.