Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov will comment on the possible withdrawal of the Russian Federation from the World Trade Organization.
“As for the WTO, I have nothing to tell you about the WTO so far,” the Kremlin spokesman told reporters.
Former Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Relations, Deputy Communist Party Dmitry Novikov declaration On the need for Russia to withdraw from the WTO.
On the other hand, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin declarationHe said that the issue of Russia’s withdrawal from the WTO should be approached with caution.
“Withdrawal from the WTO – good or bad? In fact, we’ve been making the decisions we want for ten years. For a long time, in fact, we have not fulfilled these obligations, ”said the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.
The World Trade Organization is an integration organization established on January 1, 1995. It is aimed at liberalizing international trade and regulating trade and political relations between member states. The WTO has 164 members, including the partially recognized Republic of China, two dependent territories (Hong Kong and Macau), and the European Union.