Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Chairman of the National Committee of the World Trade Organization (WTO), HE Mr. Zayed R. Alzayani, chaired the 13^th meeting of the National Committee for the World Trade Organization in the presence of members and representatives of government agencies and private sector.

During the meeting, HE Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism welcomed the participating committee members, expressing his thanks for their efforts and their beneficial cooperation with MOIC in issues related to the World Trade Organization (WTO), as well as congratulating them on winning the chairmanship of the Committee of Preventive Measures, subcommittee of the World Trade Council on trade in Goods, which oversees implementing the Convention on Preventive Measures and is responsible for monitoring the obligations of members under the agreement, through the appointment of Ms. Mariam Abdulaziz Al-Doseri the Commercial Attaché of MOIC, to the permanent mission of the Kingdom of Bahrain at the UN and other organizations in Geneva. 

A number of topics on the agenda were also discussed, including the Kingdom of Bahrain's notifications to the (WTO), overviewing the fourth review of the Kingdom of Bahrain's trade policies, overviewing the topics discussed in the 58^th WTO committee meeting in the GCC's General Secretariat. Moreover, a report was submitted on the latest developments of WTO, specifically ones related to the Kingdom of Bahrain, and a presentation was given regarding the preparations of the 12^th Ministerial Conference of the WTO, in addition to several topics on the agenda of the meeting.