Comoros and Timor-Leste have concluded their negotiations with WTO members and have accepted the respective Protocols to Accession to WTO. Comoros has joined the WTO after conducting negotiations for 17 years and Timor-Leste has joined the WTO after 7 years of negotiations. The accession of the two countries has increased the count of 'least developed countries', which have acceded totheWTO,to11.
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