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Xinhua Commentary: Right choices, concrete actions in dire need for a better world-

President Xi Jinping's call for building an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future can help advance regional cooperation among member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, experts said.

Xinhua Commentary: Towards building a more prosperous Asia-Pacific community-

From the moment that Asia-Pacific leaders arrived in Bangkok for the first in-person APEC Economic Leaders' Week in four years, the focus has been on how members in the grouping can facilitate free and open trade and investment, reconnect the region, and promote sustainable economic growth.

President Xi highlights the importance of maintaining peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific amid the speedy evolution of the international situation, and calls for deepening the regional partnership.

When all the Apec summit formalities are over, it's likely Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha will make the uncertainty about his political future clearer, particularly over whether he will cut links with the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) and align with the Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party (RTSCP), recently set up by his close aides. One thing is clear, he has no plan to leave politics.

BANGKOK: Apec leaders wrapped up their first day of talks in Bangkok yesterday (Nov 18) with a pledge to keep supply chains and markets open, on a day when a North Korean missile launch cast a shadow

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha brought the 2022 Apec Summit to a close on Saturday, saying he hopes member economies will work together to help the Asia-Pacific region prosper.

Leaders from around the Asia-Pacific called for an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine and pledged to steer the region’s economies toward sustainable growth as they wrapped up summit meetings Saturday.

GLOBALink | Chinas contribution to Asia-Pacific growth substantial: observers-