[26/April/2012]

SANA'A, April 26 (Saba) - Yemen is to begin on Friday the final round of negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland, for the accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Upon his departure, Minister of Industry and Trade Saad al-Din bin Talib said that it is expected negotiations with several parties will continue until mid-May.

He said that the Yemeni delegation would hold bilateral talks with the Ukrainian side on some detailed aspects of Yemen's accession to the WTO, stressing that Yemen has fulfilled most of the conditions to join the organization.

He said that he would talks in Geneva with heads of some international organizations that endorsed the extension of their aid to Yemen as the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

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