GENEVA, 29 March 2022, (TON): Russia resolutely rejected an attempt by the United States, EU countries, Canada, Australia, Japan, Ukraine and a number of other states included in the list of unfriendly countries in the Russian Federation to use the platform of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to discuss the Ukrainian crisis.

At a meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body, the Russian delegation emphasized that the WTO is not a forum for discussing political issues, and attention should be focused on solving existing problems in the organization, and not on creating new ones.

The contents of the discussion were briefed to jo-urnalists by one of the trade representatives, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

According to him “the representative of Kyiv took the floor at the meeting to condemn Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine.

Then the delegations of Georgia, the USA, Great Britain, Canada, EU, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Chinese Taipei came out with a condemnation.

They called on Moscow to stop the special military operation.