WASHINGTON. April 27 (Interfax) - Russia expects many issues related to talks on accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to be resolved by July, Deputy Russian Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin told reporters in Washington on Sunday.

"We're not talking about reaching all understandings once and for all, but about meaningful progress," he said.

Russia and the United States are planning a series of further meetings and measures aimed at stepping up efforts to get Russia into the WTO, and to enable some sort of agreements to be reached when their presidents meet in July. For example, areas where problems exist should be identified and a schedule of work related to this be drawn up.

Kudrin said the goal of rounding off WTO accession talks by the end of this year was still on the agenda. "We would of course like to round off all accession talks by the end of the year," he said.

Kudrin said he discussed Russia's accession to the WTO and waiving the Jackson-Vanik amendment during meetings with representatives of the Obama administration. "We got assurances of their support and desire to overcome all disagreements in the foreseeable future," he said.