Customs Union to start working Jan 1, 2010 - Kazakh President
COW. July 18. KAZINFORM /Narymbek Ismagulov/ Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev expressed confidence the Customs Union of Kazakhstan, Belarus and Russia would start working since January 1, 2010. Nursultan Nazarbayev has said it at a meeting with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow today.
"Establishment of the Customs Union is the priority issue in inter-state relations of our countries to date", the Kazakh Leader said. According to N. Nazarbayev, there is positive dynamics in this process.
"We are confident that the Customs Union will start working since January 1, 2010. I think this will become the first step towards integration. I am also confident that other CIS countries will be interested in the Customs Union", the Kazakh President noted.
Russian President D. Medvedev focused attention on rapprochement of the positions of Kazakhstan and Russia regarding the Customs Union establishment whish "is important and beneficial for our nations and countries".