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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9654

1 May 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 31
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade
Tbilisi blocks Russia's joining WTO

Brussels, 30/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 29 April, Tbilisi announced that it was suspending bilateral talks with Moscow on Russia's accession to the WTO in protest at the Russian decision to cooperate with the self-proclaimed breakaway Georgian republics of Abkhaszia and South Ossetia. The move was immediately condemned by Moscow. In 2007, Georgia revoked its signature of the bilateral protocol on Russia's accession to the WTO, demanding the legalisation of Customs posts on roads...

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