Saudi Arabia hosts the preparatory meeting of Arab trade ministers for the World Trade Organization

Friday 29 October 2021 23:08
 
Baghdad / NINA / - Next Sunday, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host a meeting of trade ministers in Arab countries, in preparation for the twelfth ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization to be held in Geneva during the period from the thirtieth of next November to the third of December. . "

The opening of the Minister of Commerce Chairman of the General Authority for Foreign Trade Management Majid bin Abdullah bronchopulmonary agenda ministerial meeting of the work which takes place through visual communication, with the participation of the Secretary - General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab Gulf States Nayef Hajraf, and the League of Arab States and the World Trade Organization, and the unions of Arab Chambers of Commerce and Gulf and Saudi Arabia.”

The ministerial meeting aims at coordinating the negotiating positions of the Arab group and determining its demands for the WTO, urging WTO member states to facilitate and accelerate the accession of developing and least-developed countries to WTO membership, including Arab countries seeking to join, and requesting the adoption of the Arabic language as an official language in the WTO, similar to the United Nations organizations. United ". the

meeting reaffirms the request for the Arab League observer status on the boards and bodies and committees of the WTO and ministerial conferences like other international organizations, and to support the efforts of the State of Palestine to obtain observer status on the boards and bodies and committees of the WTO."

It is noteworthy that Saudi Arabia has held the position of coordinator of the Arab Group at the World Trade Organization for 8 sessions, since 2011. / End 2

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