Belarusian “chamber” goes on vacation without approving Customs Union agreement

On June 30 the chamber of representatives will hold the last meeting of the spring session.

“On Wednesday the joint meeting of the “chamber of representatives” and “council of republic” of the “national assembly” will be held, at which the first deputy Prime Minister Uladzimir Syamashka will make a report about work of the industry and the Fuel and Energy Complex of Belarus on fulfillment of the targets of 2010 and prospects of development,” Interfax was told by the information department of the upper chamber of the parliament.

Then plenary sessions of the both chambers of the Belarusian “parliament” will be held. As the press-service of the “chamber of representatives” informed, “deputies” would consider the draft law “On Copyright and Related Rights” in the first reading, as well as amendments to the laws “On traffic” and “On transport-expediting services”.

We remind that Russia and Kazakhstan are set to put in execution on bilateral basis the Customs Code of the Customs Union since July 1. It has been informed by Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin, who on May 28 in St Petersburg met with his Kazakh counterpart Karim Masimov. The leader of the Belarusian government Syarhei Sidorski did not arrive to the talks.

Putin has also stated that Russia and Kazakhstan will enter the WTO in two in case Minsk would no join the agreements of the Customs Union. “As soon as Belarus finishes bringing into accord internal legal procedures, I hope it will sign the documents immediately, and we would proceed in trilateral format. If joining won't take place, we would move in tandem," stated the head of the Russian government.