In the near one-two weeks, the state commission for preparation of Azerbaijans entrance to the World Trade Organization (WTO) will send the answers for the questions of WTO member-states to the Secretariat of WTO. The answers have already been prepared and translated into English language, but the ministries and departments preparing the answers should reconsider them, Azerbaijan deputy foreign minister, head of the negotiation group Mahmud Mammadguliyev told Trend.
As usual, familiarization of WTO member-countries with the answers takes two months and right after this the next (V) meeting will be fixed. I think that November is a real date for the next round of negotiations, Mammadguliyev underlined
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The bilateral talks are held on access of commodities and services to Azerbaijan market, multilateral internal support for agriculture and export subsidies in this sphere.
Within multilateral talks, questions had been presented from Canada, United States, European Union, Turkey and Japan. For preparation to bilateral talks, questions were made by United States, Canada, EU, Australia, Japan and China.
Signing the bilateral contracts with the sides that accepted the proposals of Azerbaijan Georgia, Moldova and Oman may take place in Geneva during the next meeting. It is very important for us to continue the talks and convince the key players of this organization to agree with our suggestions, Mammadguliyev concluded.