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ORGANIZATIONWT/MIN(03)/ST/65
12 September 2003
(03-4852)
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
Fifth Session
Cancún, 10 - 14 September 2003Original:  English
THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
Statement by H.E. Mr Sadriddin Djienbekov
Minister of External Trade and Industry
On behalf of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic let me, first of all, thank the
Government of Mexico for the hospitality and all and every endeavours undertaken to have this
Ministerial Conference a success!
Today, we, the WTO Members, face solving extremely important issues put by ourselves two
years ago at Doha with the purpose to achieve a sustainable economic growth and progress in the
world trade development.  The objectives of de velopment through trade liberalization are directly
connected with the decisions we adopted when launching a new round of multilateral tradenegotiations at Doha.  Now, having gone through two years of intensive work as in Geneva and in all
capitals we need to sum up the progress achieved.
My government has accepted the Decision on TRIPS and public health with the genuine
excitement which will allow poor people of the world suffering epidemic diseases to get access to the
cheap medicines.  It really symbolizes our best endeavours to accommodate needs of all people and
increases the credibility to this Organization.
Undoubtedly, the cornerstone for the overall negotiations is agriculture.  The
Kyrgyz Republic is being driven mainly with agricultural production and, therefore, the access to
international market of agricultural goods and, at the same time, concerns related to domestic
development of all agricultural sectors, are the paramount and strategic element for the developmentof this Member of the World Trade Organization.  This is why we tie in a success of the Round of
Negotiations with the equitable and, in the meantime, progressive level of liberalization.  However,
the progress in negotiations achieved so far is of particular concern for us.  As long as high tariffs,
significant domestic support, and export subsidies for agricultural producers in industrialized
countries persist, we cannot speak about achieving a common balance in negotiations.  We wouldonly welcome the intention of leading partners to further reduce domestic support across all
programmes of support and apply a formula, which would grant a significant improved market access
for developing and least-developed countries.
Another issue of the negotiations agenda is the market access for industrial goods.  The
modalities, which should be adopted by members of the Negotiating Group, shall reflect the will of all
WTO Members to improve significantly the market access, as set out in paragraph 13 of the
Doha Declaration.  The modalities to be agreed upon should consider the developmental aspects of
developing countries and contain a specific approach under existing rules and disciplines, with the
view to facilitate further industrialization.
I should touch upon the issue of negotiations in services.WT/MIN(03)/ST/65
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As it is noted in the report of the General Council, the particular progress is marked in the
negotiations on services, although the quality and quantity of proposals from the negotiation
participants still remains far away from our best expectations. The  Kyrgyz Republic, being a country
with one of the most liberal economies, including trade in services, hopes for the successful outcome
of these negotiations.
My delegation extends its full support to further strengthen the provisions of the
TRIPS Agreement by providing clearer and more predictable rules on Articles 22 and 23 concerning
the protection of geographical indications to products other than wines and spirits.
Taking this opportunity I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the
Kyrgyz Republic when acceding to the WTO in December 1998 has undertaken commitments onmarket access for goods and services, domestic support and export subsidies at a level which
significantly exceeds those of many WTO Members with respect to tariff cuts and elimination of all
forms of non-tariff barriers.
Being in a stage of creating truly market-driven economy and facing certain difficulties with
underproduction, high external debt before the international financial institutions, aggravated by the
absence of cheap and affordable means of delivery of goods which can be provided by access to
maritime transportation, the Kyrgyz Republic considers itself as a developing country recently
acceded to the multilateral trading system.
We welcome the work done by the WTO Negotiation Group on Rules.  We take note of the
need to improve rules of application of anti-dumping investigations, period of validity, reviews,
taking into account the special provisions for developing countries.  With respect to subsidies and
countervailing duties, it is also necessary to take into account the special and differential treatment for
developing countries.
As for regional trade agreements, the Kyrgyz Republic has an opinion that regional
agreements significantly assist developing countries in solving short-term objectives and facilitate
integration into the world trade system.  Being the member of regional unions of Newly Independent
States, the Kyrgyz Republic supports regional partners' accession to the WTO, and hopes that all
WTO Members will support this difficult process on a mutual understanding basis and under existing
rules and requirements.
We welcome accessions of new WTO Members, namely, Cambodia and Nepal.  They are the
first two countries among the least-developed countries whose accession to the multilateral trade
system will become effective soon since the establishment of the WTO.  We strongly believe their
accession will facilitate their development in all ar eas and will strengthen international trading
system.
In conclusion I would like to wish peace and pros perity to all of you present at the Conference
and your nations!
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