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    KAZAKHSTAN SAYS CUSTOMS UNION WITH RUSSIA, BELARUS DUE IN 2009

    RIA Novosti
    20:59 | 04/ 02/ 2009

    MOSCOW, February 4 (RIA Novosti) - A Customs Union between Russia,
    Belarus and Kazakhstan will be completed by the end of 2009, the
    Kazakh president said on Wednesday.

    Nursultan Nazarbayev told his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev
    during their meeting in Moscow that relations between the two countries
    "are at a high level and we [Kazakhstan] are devoted to integration."

    "We are currently stepping up work on the Customs Union of Russia,
    Kazakhstan and Belarus. We are doing everything possible to make it
    happen this year," Nazarbayev said.

    In October 2007, Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan signed a package of
    agreements comprising the legal basis of the Customs Union, including
    the formation of a commission, a common customs zone and the order
    of membership.

    The creation of the Customs Union is being carried out within the
    framework of the EurAsEC organization, which gathered for a summit
    on Wednesday in Moscow.

    EurAsEC, established in 2000, is an international economic
    organization comprising Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and
    Tajikistan. Three other former Soviet republics, Armenia, Moldova,
    and Ukraine have observer status.
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