WTO ministers may meet next month
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
GENEVA, Nov 24 (AFP): The World Trade Organisation (WTO) may hold a ministerial meeting on the Doha round next month in a bid to conclude the long-frustrated talks, an official said yesterday.
"It seems highly likely that a meeting will take place," said a source close to the WTO, following talks between representatives from 30 WTO member states and the organisation's head Pascal Lamy.
Envoys interviewed after the discussions with Lami were circumspect about the timing of such a meeting, with the exception of Indonesia's trade ambassador Gusmandi Busdami.
"We will have a ministerial meeting between December 10-15. The political will is there," he said.
"It seems highly likely that a meeting will take place," said a source close to the WTO, following talks between representatives from 30 WTO member states and the organisation's head Pascal Lamy.
Envoys interviewed after the discussions with Lami were circumspect about the timing of such a meeting, with the exception of Indonesia's trade ambassador Gusmandi Busdami.
"We will have a ministerial meeting between December 10-15. The political will is there," he said.