Uzbekistan will join the Commonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Agreement before the end of 2012, CIS Executive Committee Chairman Sergei Lebedev has announced.

“Have made a decision on Uzbekistan’s joining to the agreement before the end of 2012,” said Lebedev.

Moreover, he underlines that heads of CIS governments welcome Moldova’s ratification of CIS Free Trade Agreement.

As Ukrainian News earlier reported, Moldova on September 27 ratified the CIS Free Trade Agreement.