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WTO, Azerbaijan Discuss Resuming Accession

World Trade Organization officials visited Baku April 27-28 to discuss the possible resumption of negotiations for the accession of Azerbaijan to the WTO. Although the WTO's working group on Azerbaijan's accession has not met since 2017, Azerbaijan's government "expressed willingness…

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and readiness to re-engage with the accession process," the WTO said his week. Accession to the WTO continues to be an "important strategic goal" for Azerbaijan, the trade body said, adding that the country has worked to "modernize its legislative and regulatory frameworks in line with WTO norms, taking account of the specific issues raised" in past accession negotiations. Azerbaijan plans to "submit updated information" to the WTO "highlighting developments" since 2021.