Russia hopes to finish talks on gaining membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the end of the year, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday.
Russia has been in membership talks with the 153-nation WTO for 17 years and remains the only major economy still outside the organization.
Medvedev is now accepting in Moscow Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey, who said: “I hope that today’s talks will be successful and…Russia will join the WTO till the end of the year.”
“We would also like it,” Medvedev added.
Source: en.rian.ru