Putin to prepare Customs Union start-up
ST. PETERSBURG. May 21. KAZINFORM Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will on Friday prepare the startup of the Customs Union with Belarus and Kazakhstan that is to be launched on July 1; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
Putin will chair a meeting of the EurAsEC Interstate Council, which is the supreme body of the Customs Union, and the Council of the heads of government of the CIS.
The Russian government press service said 18 agreements have to be signed and come into force simultaneously with the Customs Union Code.
Another 20 documents are being drafted to create the legal basis for the next stage of integration - Common Economic Space.
Participants are expected to sign a protocol that will lift customs control on the borders between Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan; Kazinform cites Itar-Tass.