The 13^th multilateral negotiation meeting on Algeria’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) is due to be held early January 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland, Trade Minister Amara Benyounes said Sunday.

Algeria should answer additional questions by November as a relevant multilateral meeting is likely to be held within the first two weeks of January 2015, Benyounes said at a news conference held jointly with the head of the work team in charge of Algeria’s accession to the TWO, Alberto d’Alotto.

Since the 12^th round of negotiations, held in March 2014 in Geneva, Algeria has received additional questions from the EU, Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia.

Algeria’s WTO membership process, started in 1987, “is facing no major obstacle,” the minister stressed.

Alotto said Algeria has made a progress in the negotiation process but has to make further efforts to get the membership.

“The Algerian government has ratified its willingness to get the WTO membership, and if the state made the required efforts, we could complete the process by the end of next year,” Alotto told the new conference held on the sidelines of a meeting with the members of the Algerian committee on Algeria’s accession to the WTO.