Russia and Turkey may enter into reciprocal preferential trade regimes for specific industries, told reporters the head of the Russian Ministry of economic development Alexei Ulyukayev after talks with his Turkish counterpart, Nihat Zeybekci.
He noted that Russia is a member of the Customs Union with Kazakhstan and Belarus, and Turkey is a member of the customs Union with the European community, "but both the agreement allow for the possibility of creating with third countries in the free trade zones".
"We talked about the fact that it can be as comprehensive agreement on free trade and private sector preferential regimes, for example, for agricultural products", - said the Russian Minister.
The head of the Ministry noticed that Turkey's "all agriculture is derived from the mandatory approval from the regulatory authorities of the EU". "That is, they may enter into an agreement with any country in the field of agriculture", - he explained.
However, if Turkey wants to conclude a comprehensive agreement around the perimeter of the goods, it will have to reconcile its position with the European community. Russia, in turn, must comply with the procedures within the Customs Union.
"The most likely is a sectoral agreement, from the point of view of adopting it causes the least amount of problems. We will explore both options, prepare the project and that, and another, and there we will see what we will approach", - said the Minister.
To resolve this issue, he said, will need to address the legal technique, for which the parties have already agreed to hold the next meeting in early October in Moscow. "Until that time we will work out a "road map" of the movement towards trade liberalization", - concluded the speaker.
Translated by the service Yandeks.perevod"