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A motorcyclist seen riding past the APEC 2022 motion successful Bangkok. The Apec 2022 acme volition instrumentality spot astatine the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center successful Bangkok from November 18-19,2022.
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Officials from 21 Asia-Pacific economies are gathering successful Bangkok arsenic the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ministerial gathering kicks disconnected Thursday.
Attendees for the group's archetypal in-person acme successful 4 years includes Chinese President Xi Jinping, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Many leaders besides attended the Group of 20 acme successful Bali, Indonesia, earlier this week, wherever topics connected the array included Russia's warfare connected Ukraine, vigor and nutrient information issues arsenic good arsenic proviso concatenation disruptions.
Thursday's gathering is portion of a week of events, during which officials are expected to sermon the trade, supply concatenation for indispensable goods and vaccines, resuming travel, economical structural betterment and promoting indigenous economy.
There's besides a CEO summit, which runs from Wednesday to Friday, arsenic good arsenic an economical leaders gathering connected Friday and Saturday.
China's Xi Jinping and Japan's Fumio Kishida to clasp archetypal face-to-face talks
Chinese President Xi Jinping making a code astatine the sixth plenary league of the 19th CPC Central Committee successful Beijing, superior of China. The league was held successful Beijing from Nov. 8 to 11.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida volition conscionable connected the sidelines of the APEC summit.
China's overseas ministry said the 2 volition speech views connected China-Japan relations, arsenic good arsenic planetary and determination issues of communal interest.
"China and Japan are adjacent neighbors and important countries successful the portion ... The 2 sides request to respond to the inclination of the times, enactment committed to bid and friendship, grow mutually-beneficial cooperation, negociate differences well, and enactment unneurotic to physique a China-Japan narration that meets the telephone of the caller era," China's overseas ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said Wednesday.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern besides expects to meet Xi connected the sidelines of the forum, Reuters reported, citing a authorities spokesperson.
— Lee Ying Shan
Saudi-Thai practice connected nutrient and vigor 'a bully sign,' says APEC enforcement director
Saudi Arabia's committedness to vigor investments successful Thailand is simply a "good sign" for diplomatic relations betwixt the 2 counties, APEC enforcement manager Kasemsit Pathomsak told CNBC's Sri Jegarajah.
In May, state-backed Aramco signed a memorandum of understanding with Thailand's nationalist lipid institution successful efforts to fortify vigor practice with Thailand and boost its beingness successful the region. In the aforesaid month, the Saudi Arabian Investment Fund said it would use Thailand arsenic a hub for concern successful Southeast Asia.
"It's a bully sign... to surely reconnect astatine a clip erstwhile some economies are sizable capable and determination are a batch of synergies present to beryllium had," said Pathomsak, pointing to nutrient and vigor arsenic areas for imaginable cooperation.
The deals suggest further thawing of relations aft the 30-year "Blue Diamond Affair," which progressive theft of Saudi jewels and the deaths of Saudi diplomats successful Thailand. In January, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha became the first Thai caput of authorities to sojourn the kingdom since the dispute.
— Lee Ying Shan
Cambodia's Hun Sen tests affirmative for Covid, won't be APEC
Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia
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Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen tested affirmative for Covid aboriginal this week and won't beryllium joining the APEC acme successful Bangkok.
The Cambodian person announced Tuesday that helium tested affirmative for Covid and had to cancel his meetings astatine Indonesia's G-20 acme to instrumentality location early.
— Lee Ying Shan
Biden to miss summit; Vice President Kamala Harris to correspond U.S.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff (L) depart Joint Base Andrews en way to Thailand for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation acme connected Nov. 16, 2022.
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U.S. President Joe Biden volition not beryllium attending the APEC leaders' gathering successful Bangkok arsenic helium volition beryllium attending his granddaughter's wedding. Instead, Vice President Kamala Harris volition correspond the U.S.
"The Vice President volition prosecute with Thai leaders and civilian nine representatives to reaffirm and fortify the U.S.-Thai Alliance and to sermon our practice crossed a scope of issues," White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre said successful an October statement.
Earlier this week, Biden attended the Group of 20 summit successful Bali, Indonesia, wherever leaders of large economies discussed Russia's warfare successful Ukraine, the outgo of surviving crisis, proviso concatenation disruptions arsenic good arsenic vigor and nutrient security.
— Lee Ying Shan
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