APEC summit kicks off in Bali
Baku, October 5 (AZERTAC). The APEC business summit-2013 opens on Bali Island in Indonesia. The summit meeting is due to last for three days and is attended by the leaders of the countries that account for more than a half of the gross world product.
The first day programme features presentations of the economic potential of Indonesia, China and India. Roundtable discussions and sessions are not expected before Sunday. The overall number of delegates representing the political and economic elites of Asia and the Pacific will make up more than a thousand.
Central to the summit will prove the advancement towards the Bogor Goals, which have been the APEC’s agenda since 1994.
When the APEC leaders met in Bogor, Indonesia, in 1994, they committed to achieving free and open trade and investment in the region by 2020. According to some observers, the participants will also take up the promotion of and support for small and medium-sized businesses.
The organizers point out that they have also put on the agenda the issues that have to do with renewable energy sources and the production of ecologically clean products. 100 eco-friendly buses running on palm-oil biodiesel fuel have been manufactured expressly for the Bali summit.
Taking part in the APEC-2013 forum are delegations from Russia, Australia, Brunei, Vietnam, Indonesia, Canada, China, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua-New Guinea, Peru, the USA, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, Chile, South Korea and Japan.
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