EFTA’s free trade negotiations with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan are currently on hold.
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EFTA pursued its talks with the member states of the customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan from 27 to 30 January 2014 in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Convening in Reykjavik, Iceland from 23 to 26 September 2013, delegations from the EFTA States and the customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan made further progress towards a broad-based free trade agreement (FTA).
Delegations from the seven Parties pursued their work towards a broad-based preferential trade agreement from 1 to 4 July 2013 in Geneva.
Delegations met for an eighth round of negotiations on a broad-based preferential trade agreement from 8 to 11 April 2013 in Irkutsk, Russia.
Delegations from the EFTA States and the customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan met from 28 to 31 January 2013 in Astana, Kazakhstan, for a seventh round of negotiations on a broad-based free trade agreement.
Delegations from the four EFTA States and the customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan convened from 17 to 20 September 2012 in Ålesund, Norway to continue their negotiations on a comprehensive preferential trade agreement.
Delegations from the four EFTA States and the customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan convened from 16 to 19 April 2012 in Geneva to pursue their talks on a broad-based preferential trade agreement.
Delegations from the EFTA States and Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan met for a fourth round of negotiations on a broad-based preferential trade agreement from 16 to 19 January 2012 in Kazan, Russia.
Delegations from the EFTA States and the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan pursued their negotiations on a broad-based Free Trade Agreement from 29 August to 1 September 2011 in Geneva.
Delegations from the EFTA States and Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan met for a second round of negotiations on a broad-based Free Trade Agreement from 11 to 13 April 2011 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Delegations from the EFTA States and Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan met for a first round of negotiations on a broad-based Free Trade Agreement on 11-13 January 2011 in Geneva.
Building on the recommendations of a Joint Study Group endorsed by Ministers of the EFTA States and the Russian Federation, preparations for negotiations on a broad based Free Trade Agreement proceeded in meetings from 26 to 28 May 2010 in Geneva.
Ministers of the EFTA States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) and the Russian Federation have taken note of the report by a Joint Study Group on the feasibility of a Free Trade Agreement between both sides. A summary of the report has now been released.
Government experts from the EFTA States and Russia on 16 September 2008 substantially concluded their work on a Joint Study focussing on the possibility of a Free Trade Agreement between the two sides.
The EFTA States and Russia have agreed on a Record of Understanding establishing a Joint Russia-EFTA Study Group to examine closer trade and investment relations. For practical reasons the document was signed today (4 December) in Moscow by the Russian Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Ms. Elvira Nabiullina, and the Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Dag Terje Andersen; and in Geneva on 2 December by the Icelandic Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladottir, the Swiss Federal Councillor of the Department on Economic Affairs, Ms. Doris Leuthard, and Liechtenstein’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Rita Kieber-Beck.
