OREANDA-NEWS. September 21, 2011. The Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov has called on employers to participate actively in the making of changes in agreements with the World Trade Organization. The Head of Government has declared it during a meeting with representatives of the Joint Movement of Employers of Ukraine.

According to him, now the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade is working on proposals to revise the terms of Ukraine's membership in the WTO. Mykola Azarov has explained that according to contracts, after the three-year period of membership of Ukraine in the WTO our state has the right to make offers on updating of conditions of membership.
Thus the Prime Minister has noticed that changes will not have scale character, "We do not say that is updating will be global. No, certainly. But with those positions which viewing is obvious already now, we need to work".
The Prime Minister has reminded that in 2009-2011 36 countries - participants of the WTO exercised the right of revision of conditions of participation in this organization and consequently Ukraine in this situation is not a pioneer.
Moreover, Mykola Azarov has underlined that potential changes in the terms of Ukraine's membership in the WTO will not result in the need to revise the arrangements that have been reached in negotiations on the preparation of agreements on free trade zone with the EU. "We have assured that everything about what we have agreed with European Union, of course, will not be subject to revision," Mykola Azarov has declared.