Oman committed to open markets | Oman Observer

The Sultanate will attend the three-day Eighth ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), scheduled to be held in Geneva on Thursday. The Sultanate’s delegation to the conference will be led by Shaikh Saad bin Mohammed al Saadi, Commerce and Industry Minister.

Khalid bin Said al Shuaibi, Director-General of Organisations and Trade Relations at the Commerce and Industry Ministry, said that on the sidelines of the co-ordination meetings of the members of OIC, the minister will highlight the importance of co-ordination between OIC and WTO, and will clarify Sultanate’s stance and its commitment to the multilateral commercial systems, its keenness to open markets and not to take any protective measures that may hamper the flow of the trade exchange.

In a statement to Oman News Agency (ONA), he added that the minister will also meet heads of a number of international organisations in Geneva including WTO, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and UNCTAD to discuss the existing co-operation between the Sultanate and these organisations in the economic and commercial fields.

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