New Delhi: In an apparent attack on rich countries ahead of the Cancun World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on September 4 voiced concern over imbalances in the development agenda of trade negotiations and asked developing countries to unitedly fight this trend.

"All of us are painfully aware that the development dimension of the Doha Round is not receiving sufficient attention," he said adding India, Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and other developing countries fight the asymmetries and imbalances in the multilateral agreements.

"We try to highlight the asymmetries and imbalances in the multilateral trade agreements, but keep getting sidetracked into non-trade related issues. We are finding the Doha agenda negotiations are a two-track process, with our concerns always on the slower track," he said inaugurating the two-day India- ASEAN Business summit in New Delhi.

PTI