02/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - Russian WTO membership - Georgia takes firmer line. Reacting to contrary statements by his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vachadzé warned on 28 April that Russia cannot join the WTO without Georgia's consent. After finalising bilateral agreements at the WTO on market access with 61 member nations, including the EU and the United States, bilateral discussions with Georgia are the last stumbling block to Russia's membership of...