Geopolitics to stay in focus at APEC summit in Thailand

Delegates walk inside the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center where the APEC summit will be held, in Bangkok, Thailand, November 14, 2022. Photo by Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

World leaders arrived in Thailand on Thursday ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, the last of several of summits in the region that have been dominated by geopolitical tensions over the war in Ukraine.

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who is hosting the 21-member bloc starting Friday, said at a pre-summit business event the agenda was to focus on "new trade and investment narratives...the need to reconnect supply chains and travel, and the global sustainability agenda."

Foreign ministers of the group are set to meet on Thursday.

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