APEC leaders committed to strengthening food security efforts

LIMA /Republic of Peru/, November 16. . Countries and territories belonging to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum commit to increasing efforts to ensure food security in the region. This was stated in the final statement of the APEC summit in Lima.

“We reaffirm our commitment to the 2030 Food Security Roadmap, focused on achieving food security across Asia and the Pacific by promoting the development of agricultural systems. open, fair, transparent, productive, sustainable, flexible, innovative and inclusive food and industry. acknowledge that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to ensuring agricultural sustainability,” the document reads.

Summit participants pledged to increase “efforts to ensure food security” and pointed to the role of international trade in achieving this goal. “While we celebrate the role of fisheries(…)we also recognize the importance of combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and litter,” the statement said. waste at sea”.

The APEC economic leaders meeting was held in Peru's capital Lima on November 15-16. The Russian delegation was led by Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk.

APEC is a regional intergovernmental forum established in 1989. Its main goal is to strengthen economic integration, expand trade and increase employment in the region. APEC includes 19 countries and 2 territories. There are 12 founders: Australia, Brunei, Indonesia, Canada, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, USA, Thailand, Philippines, Korea and Japan. Also participating are China (joined in 1991), Mexico and Papua New Guinea (1993), Chile (1994), Russia, Vietnam and Peru (1998). In 1991, two Chinese territories, Hong Kong and Taiwan, joined APEC.