by Paul Rujopakarn
    
BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed the participation of all 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in the upcoming leadership meeting running from November 18-19.

 

According to Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai, Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Emmanuel Macron, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammad bin Salman, and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen are among the leaders and representatives scheduled to attend the meeting.

 

U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris will meanwhile be representing the United States in place of President Joe Biden, who will depart Asia following the G20 Summit in Bali to attend his daughter’s wedding at the White House on November 19.

 

Bilateral talks are also expected to be held on the sidelines of the APEC meeting.

 

Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG221105132549445

 

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Russia is a member of APEC.  Will Putin turn up or will send a representative?  If Putin turns up it would be too good an opportunity to miss.  My guess is he won't be game to leave his bunker in the Kremlin.

20 minutes ago, lujanit said:

Russia is a member of APEC.  Will Putin turn up or will send a representative?  If Putin turns up it would be too good an opportunity to miss.  My guess is he won't be game to leave his bunker in the Kremlin.

Agree, Putin won't even visit his troops on the front line in Ukraine.

If he came to Thailand, it would be a coin toss between being kidnapped or assassinated here, or a coup in the Kremlin. There are quite a few generals who are smarting from the demotions he is handing out to hide his own failures in judgment.