MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency

WTO head at Uruguay Round XXth anniversary

World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy is scheduled to visit Montevideo the coming week to participate in the twentieth anniversary of the GATT Uruguay Round (*).

Mr. Lamy is expected to make a call for the resumption of the Doha Round negotiations, was reported in Montevideo.

Carlos Amorin, Uruguay's head of International Affairs from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that for the occasion Mr. Lamy will be accompanied by other outstanding figures of the GATT Uruguay Round, 1986/1994, such as the current Brazilian Foreign Secretary Celso Amorim.

"Mr. Lamy will take advantage of the celebration to call on all participants to retake Doha Round negotiations currently stalled", anticipated Mr. Amorin who said these talks are undergoing a crucial moment for the multilateral trade system.

Mr. Lamy is scheduled to meet with Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez next Tuesday and will later hold talks with the Interministerial Comité for Foreign Trade Affaire and with the Uruguayan Internacional Relations Council.

On Wednesday the main celebrations will take place presided by Uruguayan Foreign Affairs minister Reinaldo Gargano.

(*) GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade was the antecessor of the WTO.-