U.S. President George W. Bush (R) and British Prime Minister Tony Blair attend a joint press conference at the White House in Washington, July 28, 2006. (Xinhua/AFP photo)

    BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhuanet)-- U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair expressed hope that they would revive stalled Doha trade talks sometime in the next few weeks, Blair said on Sunday.

    "After a long discussion with President Bush after our press conference on Friday, we both agreed we needed to make one final effort to re-energise the negotiation and I hope we can do so within the next few weeks," Blair said in a text of speech quoted by media reports.

    Blair arrived in California on Friday after a meeting with Bush in Washington, where they discussed the situation in the Middle East and the stalled Doha trade talks.

    The nearly five-year Doha negotiations were suspended on July 24 after a meeting of ministers from the United States, the EU, Japan, Australia, India and Brazil made it clear "that differences over farm subsidies were unbridgeable."

    The Doha free trade talks aim to lift millions around the world out of poverty by lowering trade barriers across all sectors, with particular emphasis on developing nations.  Enditem

(Agencies)