HEAD OF WTO WORKING TEAM FOR YEMEN ACCESSION ARRIVES IN SANA'A

SANA'A, March 14 (Saba) - The head of the team for Yemen's accession
into the World Trade Organization Hartmut Raben arrived in Yemen on
Sunday.

Robin will hold talks with Yemeni officials that will focus on
special issues of the accession as well as steps to be taken to
finalize short-term negotiations in this regard.

Yemen applied for WTO membership in 2000. It has held negotiations
with many of the organization's members and is exerting major
efforts to make improvements in its industrial and trade sector and
streamline related laws.

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