Minister of Trade and Integration of Kazakhstan B. Sultanov met with the Director General of the WTO and the Ambassadors of the WTO member countries

Geneva, September 2-3, 2021 - Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bakhyt Sultanov paid a working visit to Geneva, during which negotiations were held with WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Ambassadors of key WTO member countries to discuss possible substantive outcomes of the upcoming 12th Ministerial Conference (MC-12).

At the meeting with N. Okonjo-Iweala, Minister B. Sultanov paid special attention to the joint preparation and key priorities of this global event in order to achieve significant results on the current agenda of the Organization.

During the meeting with the WTO Ambassadors, Minister B. Sultanov, as Chairman of the MC-12, called for active joint work in order to ensure substantive results of the upcoming global event in the field of multilateral trade, which will allow the WTO to meet the current challenges and needs of the international community.

The event was attended by Ambassadors and representatives of more than 30 countries, including Australia, India, New Zealand, Russia, the United States, Switzerland, South Korea, and Japan.

It is expected that the main negotiating areas on the agenda of the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference will be issues of ensuring access to vaccines and medical products for all countries, negotiations on subsidies to fisheries and making progress in negotiations on agriculture.