GReat NeWs MmM indiA 28 oCt 2013 INDIA EYES FTA WITH CUSTOMS UNION- PUTIN India is interested in signing a free trade agreement with the Customs Union (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan), and this issue should be considered seriously, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council at the level of the heads of states in Minsk on Thursday. The Russian leader noted the words of Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev that Turkey asked to join the Customs Union. I would like to inform you, dear colleagues, that another major economy, one of the largest economies in the world shows the same interest. This is India,” Putin said. The Russian president recalled that the Indian prime minister had recently visited Russia. He asked me to raise the issue at our today’s meeting that India would like to consider the possibility to sign an agreement on free trade zone with the Customs Union. I believe that taking into account the size and scale of Indian market, the prospects of development in Asia in general, we should take this proposal very seriously,” Putin noted. First published by Itar-Tass indrus.in/news/2013/10/25/india_eyes_fta_with_customs_union-_putin_30361.html
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:53:20 +0000
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