AlHijjah 14, 1432, Nov 10, 2011, SPA - The World Trade Organization's working group approved documents on Thursday that set out the terms for Russia's accession to the 153-member trade body. "It has been a long journey, but today Russia has taken a big step towards its destination of membership in the WTO," the WTO said in a statement. Russia agreed to cap average import tariffs at 7.8 percent and at 10.8 percent for imports of agricultural products, the WTO was quoted as disclosing by Reuters.
