BERLIN, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Russia may be able to join the World Trade Organisation as soon as next year, completing over a decade and a half of membership negotiations, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
"Regarding our possible accession to the WTO in 2011, I think this is possible, and we would like this to happen," he said at a joint press conference with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
"On the whole, there are no uncoordinated issues left." (Reporting by Gleb Bryanski; Writing by Toni Vorobyova; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)