New Delhi, February 11 Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal will meet the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in Geneva this week ahead of the ministerial meeting of the multilateral body next month in Cameroon, an official said.
He will also meet ambassadors from other countries.
This will be the secretary's first official engagement in Geneva on WTO issues with his team and the WTO chief in Geneva after becoming the commerce secretary.
The meeting with the WTO Director General is important as the 14th ministerial conference is scheduled in Yaounde, Cameroon, from March 26-29 this year. The conference is the highest decision-making body of the 166-member body.
"The secretary will be in Geneva on February 12 and 13. He will conduct a review of WTO issues with his team," the official said.
Besides monitoring global exports and imports, the Geneva-based multilateral body adjudicates trade disputes among member countries.
