President addresses 22nd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting

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(VOV) -Vietnam is making constant efforts in strengthening regional link, which plays a vital role in boosting the country’s comprehensive international integration process, said State President Truong Tan Sang.


President Sang made the statement on November 10 at the 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Beijing.


The annual meeting, which was attended by representatives of more than 1,500 regional leading economic groups, was considered the most important event for the business community in the Asia-Pacific region to seek cooperation opportunities and send proposals to APEC senior leaders.


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President Sang was invited to speak as a special guest at the session: “Strengthening Comprehensive Connectivity and Infrastructure Development”.


The Vietnamese State leader emphasised that the Asia-Pacific region is enjoying new opportunities with the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community and the signing of free trade agreements (FTAs), including the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreements as well as connectivity in North East Asia.


He highlighted ASEAN’s great contributions to making initiatives, accelerating trade liberalisation and investment, and strengthening the connectivity in the framework of APEC and in the Asia-Pacific region.


Particularly, ASEAN member countries proposed “Bogor Goals” of free and open trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific at a meeting in Bogor, Indonesia, in 1994. They also made initiatives on the establishment of a free trade area in the Asia-Pacific region at a meeting in Hanoi in 2006. In 2009, they shed light on sustainable development and regional connectivity at a meeting in Singapore. Last year, they adopted a long-term plan on APEC investment and infrastructure development at a meeting in Bali, Indonesia, Sang said.





Đăng ký: VietNam News

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