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PNG PM says to release formal APEC statement at later date

Ersin Çelik
08:0218/11/2018, Sunday
U: 18/11/2018, Sunday
REUTERS
Papua New Guinea's Prime 
 Minister Peter O'Neill
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill

Papua New Guinea will release a formal closing statement for the regional APEC forum in coming days, Prime Minister Peter O'Neill said on Sunday, as the 21-member body was unable to agree on a leaders' statement for the first time in its history.

In his closing comments to the forum, O'Neill also said the group was trying to ensure "free and open" trade by 2020.

Conflicting visions for the region has made it difficult to draft a summit communique, PNG Foreign Minister Rimbink Pato told Reuters earlier, as the United States and China revealed competing ambitions for the region.

#Papua New Guinea
#APEC
#trade
#free
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