Ministry of Business and Trade Organized Workshop on Trade Negotiations Skills

Doha, May 19 (QNA) - Under the auspices of HE the Minister of Business and Trade Sheikh Jassim bin Abdulaziz Al Thani, a regional workshop for Arab countries members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and countries with observer status opened here today. The workshop, organized by the Department of International Cooperation and Trade Agreements at the Ministry of Business and Trade in collaboration with the WTO International Trade Training Institute,will continue until May 23. Participating in the workshop are about 45 trade negotiations experts from 12 Arab countries, along with a number of Qatari employees from different government bodies. A statement issued by the ministry today said the workshop comes within the framework of efforts of the Ministry of Business and Tradeaimed to organize technical cooperation activities that will support the building of local capacities and deepen the understanding of government employees of the Doha round of WTO negotiations. During the workshop's five days, four experts from the World Trade Organization will clarify the basic skills of trade negotiations, the good preparation before entering into negotiations, the proper application of such skills to ensure the achievement of the desired objectives of the negotiations, the application of skills on the three main issues of the Doha negotiations agenda. Taking part in the workshop, twenty qatari employees from ministries of business and trade, foreign affairs, economy and finance, energy and industry, environment, the Customs and Ports General Authority, Qatar Petroleum, in addition to representative of the GCC General Secretariat and the Islamic Development Bank. (QNA)