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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8692

24 April 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/russia
Mr Prodi forecasts Russian membership of WTO by end of year - agreement on extension of PCA on Tuesday looks likely

Brussels, 23/04/2004 (Agence Europe) - The President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, said in Moscow on Friday that it was realistic to envisage Russia's joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by the end of the year. "How can this organisation describe itself as World if Russia is not in it?" said Mr Prodi, stressing that this is a "priority" for the EU in its economic relations with Russia. Various technical problems still stand in the way of membership, but political...

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