Talks on Kazakhstan's WTO accession to finish this year - Umirzak Shukeyev
17:30, 2 July 2010
ASTANA. July 2. KAZINFORM /Damir Baimanov/ The negotiations on the main positions of Kazakhstan's accession to the WTO will be completed by the yearend, First Vice Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Umirzak Shukeyev said at the III Astana Economic Forum today.
"I hope that by the end of this year we will reach a consensus on main parameters and will join the Organization in the nearest future," Umirzak Shukeyev said.
The First Vice Premier believes that Kazakhstan will be supported by foreign partners. "They should know that Kazakhstan is a reliable partner and now we have a good opportunity to invest in mutually beneficial cooperation", he stressed..