Trade ministers and officials from 38 least developed countries (LDCs) begin a three-day meeting in Dhaka on Saturday to set common agenda in the run-up to the WTO ministerial meeting in Mexico in September.
Among the LDCs, 23 are represented by their ministers to make it their largest such gathering in 10 years, officials said. Prime Minister Khaleda Zia will address the closing session of the meeting that will make a "Dhaka Declaration".
Market-related issues such as duty- and quota-free access of goods from the LDCs to developed countries will figure high on the agenda at the meeting, beginning at 9.00am at Sonargaon Hotel.
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