[05/January/2009]

Riyadh, Jan. 05 (Saba) - Yemeni economic technical delegation and specialized officials in Saudi Industry and Commerce Ministry held talks here on Monday on benefiting from the Saudi experience in negotiating with the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Head of the Communication and Coordination Office with the WTO Hamoud al-Najjar pointed out that the negotiations focused on topics related to how
Yemen can benefit from the Saudi Arabia experience in its negotiations to join the WTO, in addition to a number of related topics.

The technical team is going to discuss Yemeni issues related to agriculture and the implementation of the phytosanitary agreement of WTO as well as getting acquainted with offers commodity in which Saudi Arabia negotiated the WTO, in addition to the implementation of evaluation customs, he added .

It is worth to mention that the kingdom of Saudi Arabia joined the WTO in 2005.

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