[04/November/2007]

SANA'A, (Saba) - Industry and Trade Minister Yahya al-Mutawakel returned on Sunday home after participating in the negotiation meeting with the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, and the 4th meeting of the working group under the chairmanship of the European Union held in Brussels.

Speaking to Saba, al-Mutawakel said that the meetings included evaluating Yemen's offers on supplies or services in addition to procedures taken by Yemen to meet with world commercial legislations.

During the meetings, Yemen called for raising the negotiation level to the stage of preparing a draft report to be turned later to a protocol of join Yemen to WTO, al-Mutawakel said.

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