Turkmenistan gets observer status in World Trade Organization

(iinternational)Turkmenistan gets observer status in World Trade Organization

Question:Recently which country has been granted Observer status by the World Trade Organization (WTO ) General Council?
(a) Kyrgyzstan
(b) Turkmenistan
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Kazakhstan
Answer: (b)
Related Fact :

  • Turkmenistan has been granted Observer status by the World Trade Organization (WTO ) General Council.
  • Turkmenistan has become the last former Soviet republic to establish formal ties with the trade body.
  • The Central Asian country filed a request for Observer status in May and expressed willingness to trigger the talks on accession to the WTO within five years.
  • Neighbouring Central Asian countries — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Afghanistan — have acceded to the WTO, while Uzbekistan has been in on-and-off negotiations on WTO accession since 1994.

By-Amar Mani Uppadhyay

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