Pakistan to attend Cairns meeting

Pakistan will attend the 20th anniversary of Cairns Group Ministerial meeting to be held in Cairns, Queensland, Australia from 20-22 September, it was learnt on Saturday. This year the Cairns Group of agricultural exporting nations.
Which account for over 25 percent of the world's agricultural exports, celebrating 20 years of concentrated efforts to liberalise trade in agriculture. The meeting will bring together Trade Ministers, officials and farm industry bodies from the 18 Cairns Group countries Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand and Uruguay.
As the first significant gathering of Ministers since the suspension of the WTO Doha round of negotiations, the Cairns Group Ministerial Meeting provides a useful opportunity to discuss how to receive global trade talks.