India Hopes for An Amicable Solution Of Food Security Issue At WTO Meet

As the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meets this month, India is hopeful its apprehensions on public stockholding for food security will be addressed. India reiterated that it is not the only country demanding a timely resolution of the issue.

“Today, the environment is far more in favour of India. People are able to understand why we took the position we did took in July. This is the greatest sense of understanding and appreciation … We hope that the member-countries understand the position India has taken not just for India, but in the interest of many countries which have public stock of food grain. These are issues of sovereign right of a country. We would like WT O to address them and I am hopeful. I want WTO to engage with us, talk to us to get a solution done,” said Nirmala Sitharaman, minister of state for commerce and industry.