Press Release: Mandelson in Russia for talks on WTO accession

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Series Details IP/08/972 (19.06.08)
Publication Date 19/06/2008
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EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson was in Moscow for meetings with key members of the new Russian administration, ahead of the EU-Russia Summit on the 27th of June. He met with First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, and Minister for Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina. He will also meet with the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. The talks will focus on Russia's WTO accession, and also deal with other bilateral and multilateral trade and economic issues. Mandelson will also deliver a speech on the future of EU-Russia relations to a high level conference in Moscow.

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European Commission: SPEECH/08/344: EU/Russia Summit Preparation http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/08/344&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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