Colombia Wins Several
APEC Economies' Backing
of Membership Bid
Lima - Colombia
has won the backing of
several APEC member
economies for its
membership bid,
Colombian Foreign
Minister Jaime Bermudez
said Saturday.
Colombia's bid has won
the support from such
members of the
Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) forum
as the United States,
China, Japan, Russia and
Peru, Peru's official
Andina news agency
quoted Bermudez as
saying.
Bermudez, however, was
cautious about a
possible consensus among
the 21 member economies,
saying "we still have
much work to do."
Colombian President
Alvaro Uribe was in Peru
for the annual APEC
Leaders' Week on Nov.
16-23 though the country
is not a member of the
bloc.
Chile, Mexico and Peru
are the only Latin
American members of
APEC, and the group has
said it would not
consider new membership
until 2010. |
