India Friday urged the United States to follow the path shown by the European Union and cut the support it provides to its agriculture sector.

"We welcome the EU offer of flexibility on agriculture and are looking forward to something from the United States," Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said after he had a meeting with Greek Finance and Economy Minister George Alogoskoufi in New Delhi.

Though the EU has agreed for a higher cut in its farm subsidies as desired by developing countries, the United States is unwilling to reduce its trade distorting agriculture subsidies.

In fact, the Doha round of talks at the WTO, which have been suspended since July last year, revived on Thursday in Geneva.

"While the (Doha) talks have restarted despite the key players sticking to their positions, in the coming weeks developed countries should show greater flexibility on agriculture tariffs and subsidies. The official level talks have started and things have been put back on the table. In the next few weeks there should be much more on the table," said the Indian minister.

Source: Xinhua