WTO meet: Pak. supports Indian stand

DOHA, NOV. 10. India found an ally in Pakistan which asserted that the WTO ought to sort out the implementation issues and development agenda before talking about new issues at the Fourth Ministerial meeting now underway here.

``How can we have faith in the new issues when we don't have faith in the implementation of the old ones,'' the Pakistan Commerce Minister, Mr. Abdul Razak Dawood, told reporters on the sidelines of the WTO conference.

Asserting that the draft declaration did not reflect the concerns and interests of the developing nations, Mr. Dawood said ``in this regard we should seek to promote the alternative proposals including, those circulated by Cuba, India and other members of the Like-Minded Group (LMG) and other developing countries.''

The LMG, which has been formed at the initiative of Pakistan includes a dozen developing countries, held a meeting on Friday to take a united stand on the WTO issues. The group has called for a comprehensive ministerial decision for the resolution of the implementation concerns and demanded that the outcome of the conference should be based on consensus of all the 142-member countries.

- PTI

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