New Delhi: India on September 15 said lack of "sufficient flexibility" and a desire for compromise from the developed countries led to the collapse of the just-concluded World Trade Organisation (WTO) round in Cancun.

"Lack of flexibility and desire for compromise from developed countries who have insisted on pressing their agenda on agriculture and Singapore issues" led to the failure of the negotiations, Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal told reporters.

Sibal said, however, India had succeeded in building a coalition of developing countries. Such a coalition has endured, he said.

PTI