The United States will host finance ministers meeting of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum on Nov. 10, 2011, ahead of the APEC summit, in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Treasury Department has said.
The press office's Aug. 9 statement said that the White House previously announced that the 2011 APEC Leaders' Meeting will take place in Honolulu from November 12-13, 2011.
It said: "As President Obama has said, the United States is a Pacific nation whose economic ties to the Asia-Pacific region are strong, enduring, and critical to the prosperity of the American people.
"The United States will use the opportunity of chairing APEC in 2011 to highlight the vast potential the Asia-Pacific region holds for American companies and workers, to help shape the future of Asia-Pacific's regional architecture and to promote APEC's core mission of spurring mutually beneficial regional economic cooperation."
The 21-member grouping includes Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, and Vietnam./.
The press office's Aug. 9 statement said that the White House previously announced that the 2011 APEC Leaders' Meeting will take place in Honolulu from November 12-13, 2011.
It said: "As President Obama has said, the United States is a Pacific nation whose economic ties to the Asia-Pacific region are strong, enduring, and critical to the prosperity of the American people.
"The United States will use the opportunity of chairing APEC in 2011 to highlight the vast potential the Asia-Pacific region holds for American companies and workers, to help shape the future of Asia-Pacific's regional architecture and to promote APEC's core mission of spurring mutually beneficial regional economic cooperation."
The 21-member grouping includes Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, and Vietnam./.
