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(KPL/Yonhap) The Republic of Korea will host the second round of the high-level preparatory meeting next month for the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.
(KPL/Yonhap) The Republic of Korea will host the second round of the high-level preparatory meeting next month for the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.
The Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) for the multilateral gathering will take place on the southern resort island of Jeju from May 3-16, the ministry said in a release
The meeting will bring together some 3,000 government delegates and representatives of private sectors from 21 APEC member economies.
Republic of Korea will use the occasion to highlight the details of key agenda items it has introduced for this year's summit, including cooperation on artificial intelligence and responses to demographic changes.
Coinciding with the event will be ministerial meetings on finance and trade, as well as a series of conferences on economy and technology cooperation, women and economic policy partnerships, among others.
Three more SOM sessions are expected to be held before the summit, scheduled for November.
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