PM for speedy completion of Doha Round

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to play its due role for speedy completion of Doha Round in the greater interest of the least developed countries (LDCs). ‘It is the right time for completion of the Doha Round, and Bangladesh would extend its all out support to this end,’ she said when WTO Director General Roberto Azevedo paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister at her office in Dhaka on Monday. Sheikh Hasina said with the implementation of Doha Round, the export of the LDCs will be boosted to a great extent and it will ultimately benefit the rural people of those countries. ‘That’s why we need speedy completion of the Doha Round,’ she said. After the meeting, PM’s Deputy Press Secretary Bijan Lal Dev briefed reporters. Hasina also said the completion of the Doha Round would pave the way for getting duty and quota-free market access of the LDCs to the developed countries. The WTO director general said Bangladesh is an inspiration of the LDCs in the WTO negotiation. ‘You have a strong leadership and influential position among the LDCs,’ he said, adding it is very critical to the rights of the LDCs in global trade, according to BSS.