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Ambassador Peter Allgeier: â€œUSA ready to support Azerbaijan in accession to WTOâ€?

16 October 2006 10:08 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijani deputy foreign minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev said that US Government, the UN, and other international organizations gave great support to Azerbaijan in this process.
US ambassador to the WTO, Peter Allgeier, said Azerbaijanâ€™s accession on the great way and is not easy. Highly appreciating President Ilham Aliyevâ€™s August decree on intensification of the accession to the WTO, Peter Allgeier said that Azerbaijanâ€™s membership to the WTO will help Azerbaijanâ€™s economy integrate into the world.
â€œWTO members have to set discrimination aside, ensure transparency, decrease the government privileges to the agriculture etc.
The membership has three stipulations; conformation of the legislation to the WTO requirements, determination of the list of tariffs for imports and determination of the attitude to the serviceâ€?.
Peter Allgeier thinks that legislation on export, phytosanitary control, licenses, standards and intellectual property should be reviewed.
â€œWe want the tariffs for imports of medical equipment to be maximally 5%â€?.
He also stressed that the USA is ready to give any support for Azerbaijanâ€™s accession to the WTO./APA/