Peru supports Colombia,
Ecuador to join APEC
Peru backs bids of
Colombia and Ecuador to
join the Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation
Forum (APEC) in order to
increase Latin America's
presence in the bloc,
Peru's Vice Foreign
Minister Gonzalo
Gutierrez said on
Friday.
"We believe APEC should
be reinforced with Latin
American countries. We
are scarcely three:
Chile, Mexico and Peru;
and, surely Ecuador and
Colombia are countries
that can perfectly
adjust themselves to
APEC's parameters and
requirements," Gutierrez
said.
Representatives from
APEC's Latin American
members held a meeting
last week in Lima to
generate a common goal
to promote "our
countries' better trade
insertion in Asia," the
minister said.
"It is convenient for us
to have a joint front.
And that is reinforced
with greater Latin
American presence in
APEC's decision making,"
he added.
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