WTO and Yemen [Archives:2000/46/Local News]

No Pressure Excercised on Yemen to Join WTO, Ricupero says
Rubens Ricupero, Secretary General of the UNCTAD denied any kind of pressures exercised on Yemen to join the WTO. In a press conference at the winding up of a seminar on Trade and Investment held in Sanaa during (6-8) November 2000, he said that Yemen had the option to join the organization in accordance to evaluating its trade, investment, customs, and export conditions. He promised to grant Yemen the technical assistance, like any other developing country, so as to develop its administrative and negotiating abilities in the coming period pertaining to Yemens joining the WTO.
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