. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/MIN(05)/ST/155 
17 December 2005 
 (05-6168) 
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE 
Sixth Session Hong Kong, 13 - 18 December 2005 Original:   English 
 
  
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC 
 
Statement by HE Mr Sabyrbek Moldokulov
 
First Deputy Minister, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism  
   On behalf of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic please, let me thank the Government of 
Hong Kong, China, for its hospitality and all efforts undertaken to successfully conduct the 6
th WTO 
Ministerial Conference.  The Kyrgyz Republic atta ches a great importance to the indefatigable work 
carried out by Mr Pascal Lamy, Chairman of the Trade Negotiations Committee and WTO 
Director-General, and all WTO Members with a view to implementing the Doha Development Agenda and highly appreciates the progress achieved  during the last two years following the Cancún 
Ministerial Conference.  
 I would like to express our highest appreciation to the WTO General Council and all 
negotiating groups, as well as to WTO Members for th e tremendous efforts made to achieve a positive 
and balanced result, acceptable for all.   Today, we face a number of extremely important issues to be addressed at the Hong Kong 
China Ministerial Conference in order to create a real possibilit y for completing the Doha Round 
Negotiations in 2006.   The key element of the negotiations is agricu lture.  Kyrgyzstan, where agriculture is a key 
GDP component, associates the success of the ne gotiations with a fair, progressive level of 
liberalization.  Kyrgyzstan, being a small economy in transition and a low income country, undertook 
very important liberalization commitments during the WTO accession negotiations, which created 
additional structural and social diffi culties for our agricultural producers. 
  Therefore, welcoming progress made by the Special Session on Agriculture, as noted in the 
Draft Ministerial Declaration, we advocate that the modalities on agricultural negotiations reflect the 
interests of countries such as Kyrgyzstan which notwithstanding its small and vulnerable economy, 
maintains a high level of commitments.  In this regard, Kyrgyzstan calls for Members support and 
understanding and hopes that in the adoption of ne w commitments it will be treated equally to the 
least developed countries, as stated in para graph 45, Decision of the General Council of 
1 August 2004.  Another issue of the negotiations  agenda is market acc ess for non-agricultural 
(industrial) goods.  The modalities,  which should be adopted by members of the Negotiation Group, 
should reflect the eagerness of all WTO Members to  significantly improve the market access, as set 
out in paragraph 13 of the Doha Declaration.   Economic indicators clearly show that th e level of economic development of the 
Kyrgyz Republic is comparable with that of low in come developing countries, and, in fact, with some 
of the least developed countries.  Moreover, Kyrg yzstan is a land-locked country, thus facing 
additional difficulties in economy and trade.  In this regard, we encourage WTO Members and the WT/MIN(05)/ST/155 
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 Negotiating Group on Market Access to continue discussion of granting specific provisions on the 
negotiation modalities for such countries.   With regard to services negotiations, the Kyrg yz Republic as a country with one of the most 
liberal economies, including trade in services, hop es for a successful outcome of these negotiations. 
 
 The Delegation of Kyrgyzstan expresses its full support for strengthening provisions of the 
TRIPS Agreement by ensuring clear and predictabl e rules under Articles 22 and 23, concerning the 
protection of geographic indicators for pr oducts, in addition to wines and spirits. 
 
 The Kyrgyz Republic is interested in clar ifying and improving Articles V, VIII and X of 
GATT within the framework of negotiations on tr ade facilitation, and supports the measures to 
improve these articles, contained in the repor t of the Negotiation Group on Trade Facilitation 
(Appendix F, Draft Ministerial Decl aration).  However, our concern is that obligations, resulting from 
negotiations may exceed our implementation capacity. 
 
 Therefore, we request WTO members to agree that countries with small economies in transition and low income countries should be prov ided adequate support for technical assistance and 
building capacity, under paragraph 5 and 6, Appe ndix D, Decision of the General Council of 
1 August 2004.  We welcome the accession of ne w WTO Members (the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 
and the Kingdom of Tonga) and express our hope and support for the prompt accession of the CIS 
countries, our regional trading partners.  We be lieve that WTO membership will facilitate the 
economic development of these countries and foster their trade, based on multilateral trading system rules.   Finally, I would like to wish peace and prosperi ty to all delegates of the Conference and your 
countries. 
 
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