Malaysian PM gets ready for 2020 APEC
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Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday formally launched preparations to host next year鈥檚 APEC summit, recalling with pride how his country hosted the event more than 20 years ago, but also flagging risks.
The 94-year-old, who unexpectedly won a general election last year, has said he will stay on as prime minister to see through the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit before possibly handing the baton to a coalition colleague. He will be the first world leader to host the event twice.
鈥淲e believe it is quite fitting for Malaysia to kick-start our second opportunity to host APEC at the same place as we did just over two decades ago,鈥 Mahathir said at the launch ceremony in Cyberjaya, which houses many information technology companies on the edge of the capital, Kuala Lumpur.
A key goal of next year鈥檚 summit is to finalize the 21-member forum鈥檚 post-2020 vision. The first informal meetings of APEC senior officials will be held on the Malaysian island of Langkawi next week.
Mahathir recalled that his country last hosted APEC a year after the Asian financial crisis of 1997, when investors lost confidence in the so-called 鈥渢iger economies鈥 of Southeast Asia and currency markets in the region were hammered.
鈥淭oday, Malaysia will launch APEC 2020 against almost a similar backdrop, when downside risks are continuing to build up and trade policy tensions are still with us,鈥 he said. 鈥淎ll these trends will continue to weaken investors鈥 confidence, leading to the diminishing trust in the benefits of global trade and investment to the everyday people.鈥
Mahathir also said most participating countries had turned down the idea of the United States鈥 co-hosting another APEC summit early next year, in place of the one for 2019 that host Chile canceled because of street protests.
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