DUSHANBE, January 7, 2013, Asia-Plus — The board (Shuro) of Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament considered the issue of ratification of an agreement on Tajikistan’s admission to the World Trade Organization (WTO) at a January 7 meeting, presided over by the Majlisi Namoyandagon speaker, Shukurjon Zuhurov.
Muhammadato Sultonov, a spokesman for the Majlisi Namoyandagon, says the board also considered bills requiring amendments to the country’s law on militsiya (police), state duties, mortgage and other legal documents.
All these issues will be considered at the next regular sitting of the fourth session of the Majlisi Namoyandagon of the fourth convocation that will take place on January 9, Sultonov said.
We will recall that Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy signed the protocol on Tajikistan”s admission to the international organization at a ceremony in Geneva on December 10, 2012. Tajikistan”s negotiations to join the WTO lasted for 11 years. Tajikistan becomes the second Central Asian country to be admitted to the WTO. Kyrgyzstan became a WTO member in 1998.
