APEC leaders to continue fulfilling agreements in WTO frameworks

LIMA, November 21. /TASS/. APEC economies will stay committed to the accords made in the format of the World Trade Organization, says a declaration issued by the leaders of Asia Pacific countries at the end of the APEC summit in Peru. "Building on the WTO’s successful Bali and Nairobi Ministerial Conferences and recognizing all the elements contained in the Ministerial Declarations, we commit to continue implementing the Bali and Nairobi outcomes and advance negotiations on the remaining Doha Development Agenda issues as a matter of priority," the document said. "We also note a range of issues of common interest and importance to today’s economies in the Asia-Pacific region may be legitimate issues for WTO discussions," it said. "Therefore, we instruct our officials to work with a sense of urgency and solidarity with all WTO members to set the direction together towards achieving positive, and meaningful results by the next WTO Ministerial Conference in 2017 and beyond." Read more