The on-going World Trade Organisation's ministerial meet in Nairobi is in choppy waters as key members find it difficult to narrow differences on issues including agriculture and the future of the Doha round.

The Ministerial meet, which was scheduled to conclude on Friday, is now headed towards an extension. Commerce & Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that India was continuously engaged with other countries  on all issues at the ministerial, but was disappointed that there is little focus on issues of its interest such as the special safeguard mechanism (SSM) for poor farmers and a permanent solution on public stockholding.

"I see undue haste for select topics such as export competition. But there is hardly any discussion on issues of our interest such as SSMs, permanent solution and the Doha development agenda. I am now going to insist that talks focus on these areas," she told reporters on Friday night at a short break that negotiators took.

Trade ministers from five countries including India, the US, the EU, Brazil and China are holed up with WTO Director General Roberto Azevedo and Kenyan Trade Minister Amina Mohamed to reach a breakthrough on the two crucial issues of agriculture and the future of Doha.

The US, the EU, Australia and Brazil are strongly advocating a closure to the Doha round, but India, the G-33 group of developing countries and many African countries are opposing it.

Earlier in the day there were rumours floating that India was getting isolated in its demands on agriculture and the Doha agenda and the Africans were not supporting the country.

Sitharaman rubbished the rumours and said that there were "no differences" between the two.  Kenyan Minister Mohamed also said at a press conference that there were no differences between India and Africa and all were working towards a deal.

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