Kazakhstan’s PM Karim Massimov on a visit to Moscow

Kazakhstan’s PM Karim Massimov has flown to Moscow to meet Heads of Government of the Customs Union member states July 12, he wrote about it in his Twitter account. Kazakhstan’s PM Massimov, Vladimir Putin of Russia and Michail Myasnikovich of Belarus agreed on a meeting in Moscow July 12 through telephone conversations early July. Besides, Heads of Governments plan a business forum in Moscow. Customs control was transferred from internal to external borders of the Customs Union on July 1, 2011. The Customs Union between Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus came into existence on January 1, 2010 to boost trade and investment. According to the statement made at the press-conference in Minsk mid-March 2011, the Customs Union was formed on the WTO principles.