ANWAR TO DEPART THURSDAY FOR APEC ECONOMIC LEADERS’ MEETING IN SOUTH KOREA

By Mikhail Raj Abdullah

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will depart for South Korea on Thursday to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting.

“I will leave on Thursday after the Prime Minister’s Question Time in Parliament,” he told Bernama after the press conference following the conclusion of the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits today.

Anwar, who is also Finance Minister, would arrive in South Korea later that evening, on the eve of the APEC meeting, which will be held from Oct 31 to Nov 1 in the southeastern coastal city of Gyeongju.

This will be the second time South Korea hosts APEC, having last done so in 2005.

Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan and Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Aziz are expected to depart for South Korea earlier today, after a bilateral meeting between ASEAN and Australia at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

Anwar, who hosted leaders from ASEAN member states and dialogue partners, including United States President Donald Trump, is expected to meet them again in Gyeongju as APEC members.

According to international media reports, some APEC leaders have already begun arriving in South Korea ahead of the meeting.

Themed “Building a Sustainable Tomorrow,” APEC 2025 Korea will focus on advancing regional trade, artificial intelligence and sustainability, with ministerial sessions on health, the digital economy and small and medium-sized enterprises.

Malaysia last hosted APEC in 2020 in the first-ever virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

-- BERNAMA