The Doha Development Round was launched in the Qatari capital in 2001. But it went into an impasse over serious differences on a host of issues, which could not be settled during subsequent meetings in Washington, London, Bali, Paris, L'Aquila and Singapore.

In Geneva last year, the talks once again collapsed because of the divergence over the special safeguard mechanism - a provision that would permit developing countries to guard against sudden surges in imports, or when commodity prices decline.

In the meeting Thursday-Friday, the assembled leaders said a they would give one more push to resume the talks.

'There was a unanimous affirmation on the need to conclude the Doha Round within 2010. There was also a clear recognition that differences subsist on issues and intensifying negotiations was the first step towards bridging these gaps,' said Sharma.

'Mindful of the fact that the Doha Round has been in progress for eight years, it was agreed that all efforts must be made to bring the Round to an ambitious and development oriented conclusion within 2010 as resolved by world leaders.'