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WTO: Norway and G10 step up efforts

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Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government

Publisher: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The ministers of the G10, a group of major importers of agricultural products, restated their determination to establish modalities for agriculture in order to successfully conclude the DDA by the end of 2006. (29.06.06)

WTO: Norway and G10 step up efforts

Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Minister of Agriculture and Food Terje Riis-Johansen attended a G10 ministers’ meeting in Geneva today.

The ministers of the G10, a group of major importers of agricultural products, restated their determination to establish modalities for agriculture in order to successfully conclude the DDA by the end of 2006. They also confirmed their willingness to enter into substantial commitments in all three pillars of the agriculture negotiations with a view to reaching an outcome acceptable for all participants.