Pak. again fails to become IORARC member

MUSCAT, JAN. 22. Pakistan has once again failed in its attempt to become a member of the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IORARC), with the member-countries rejecting that it had not complied with the principles of the grouping.

Pakistan's application for the membership of the 19- member grouping was taken up by the committee of officials at their meeting last night.

They decided that Pakistan could not be admitted into the association as it had still not given the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India.

The association's charter supports the principle of global trade liberalisation consistent with WTO principles and it stands committed to the principle of non-discriminatory treatment to all member-countries in respect of giving the MFN status.

- UNI

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