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| | WTO | NEWS - General Council approves accession of Armenia - Press 324 |
 | | In his address to the Council, Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan said that acceding to the WTO was a historic occasion. |
 | | After the Council’s decision, Karen Chshmaritian, Minister of Trade and Economic Development, in a ceremony attended by WTO Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi, signed the Protocol of Accession to formally complete the negotiating process. |
 | | There are now 25 countries in negotiations for accession to the WTO : Algeria, Andorra, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belarus, Bhutan, Bosnia Herzegovina, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Kazakhstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanese Republic, Nepal, Russian Federation, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tonga, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Yemen and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. |
| www.wto.org /english/news_e/pres02_e/pr324_e.htm (493 words) |
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