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Eurasian economic commission starts considering Kyrgyzstan’s Customs Union joining

Business Materials 29 February 2012 16:32 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 29 / Trend V. Zhavoronkova/

The Eurasian economic commission formed a working group on Kyrgyzstan's joining the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, RIA-Novosti quotes Andrei Slepnev, Eurasian commission's Trade Minister as saying.

The commission will be engaged with concrete issues of Kyrgyzstan's joining the organization.

Slepnev stressed that there are a lot of points to be considered in this regard and it is too early to discuss the results of this process.

The Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus has been operating since 2010. It aims at forming a single customs zone where no duties or economic restrictions are applied, except special protective, antidumping and compensatory measures. The Common Economic Space within the Customs Union started operating from Jan.1, 2012.

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