Kyrgyzstan considers issue of joining Customs Union
ASTANA. December 1. KAZINFORM /Kanat Kulshmanov/ Kyrgyzstan considers an issue of joining the Customs Union, Prime Ministers of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan Karim Massimov and Daniar Usenov have announced it following the bilateral talks in Astana today.
"Today we have exchanged opinions on opportunity of Kyrgyzstan's accession to the Customs Union", K. Massimov said.
In turn, D. Usenov noted the Government of Kyrgyzstan had already charged the relevant bodies to consider the issue of joining the Customs Union. "Kyrgyzstan's membership in the WTO allows it. I think expansion of the Customs Union will be profitable for Kyrgyzstan. Access to such large market of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will undoubtedly be positive for the Kyrgyz Republic", Usenov concluded.