WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/L/501
3 December 2002
(02-6656)
Original:  English
ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
Invocation by the Republic of Turkey of Article XIII of the
Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization
with respect to the Republic of Armenia
The following communication, dated 29 November 2002, from the Permanent Mission of the
Republic of Turkey to the Chairman of the General Council, is circulated to WTO Members.
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My authorities have instructed me to inform  you and the General Council, prior to the
approval of the agreement on the terms of accessi on for the Republic of Armenia, that the Republic of
Turkey does not consent to the application as between it and the Republic of Armenia of the
Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization and the Multilateral Trade
Agreements in Annexes 1 and 2 thereto.
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