Members of the presidential envoy to the APEC Summit not yet decided
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/08/20
By: Teng Pei-ju, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said
Sunday the country will attend the coming APEC leaders’ summit and the ministry is making preparations.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders Week will commence between November 12 to 18 in Papua New Guinea, with the week-long summit culminating with the APEC Economic Leaders Meetings on the last day. Leaders or representatives of 21 member economies are expected to gather in Port Moresby, the capital of the South Pacific island state, including the U.S., China, Japan, Canada, and Australia.
MOFA Spokesperson Andrew Lee (李憲章) said as an APEC member, Taiwan “will surely attend the APEC summit this year” and that the ministry is in preparation, reported Central News Agency.
Declining to talk about the details, Lee said instead that the Taiwanese government has been in close contact with the host country which has followed custom procedures so far. [FULL STORY]