The APEC Peru 2024 was the annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum of its leaders that was held from 15 to 16 November 2024. It was the third time Peru has hosted the summit, having previously hosted in

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. In 2021,

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, the minister of foreign affairs of Peru, announced the organization of the 2024 APEC summit. On February 10, 2022, the prime minister of Thailand,

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, in his capacity as current president of APEC, announced the

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as host of the 2023 meeting and Peru for 2024.

Participants

APEC Peru 2024 was the first APEC meeting for

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, who assumed the premiership on 27 November 2023; Singaporean Prime Minister

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, who assumed the premiership on 15 May 2024;

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, who assumed the premiership on 16 August; and Japanese Prime Minister

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, who assumed the premiership on 1 October;

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, who assumed the presidency on 20 October; and Vietnamese President

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, who assumed the presidency on 21 October. This meeting would also be Taiwanese President

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's first APEC summit under his presidency, having assumed it on 20 May. However, Lai appointed

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as Taiwan's representative to the summit; Lin previously represented Taiwan at the

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summit. On the other hand, It was also the last APEC meeting for

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after withdrawing from the 2024 U.S. presidential election and the

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due to the

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upheld, and

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after his

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on 6 January 2025.

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, Papua New Guinean Prime Minister

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and

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announced that they would not attend APEC Peru 2024 meeting, which would have been the first in-person APEC meeting for Sheinbaum; while on the other hand, Marcos cited the recent typhoons affecting the Philippines as a reason of his absence to the summit. Instead, Sheinbaum, Marape and Marcos have designated Mexican Economic Secretary

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, Papua New Guinean Deputy

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and then-acting Philippine Trade Secretary

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as their respective representatives to the summit. Meanwhile,

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did not attend the summit because Peru is a member of the

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, which has issued an

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against Putin for his war crimes relating on the

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, and hence it is highly likely that the Peruvian

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would implement the warrant to arrest the Russian president; with

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,
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,
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Dina Boluarte Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra (; born 31 May 1962) is a Peruvian politician, civil servant, and lawyer who has been serving as the 64th president of Peru since 2022. She had served as the Vice President of Peru, first vice president and minister ...

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,
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Alexey Overchuk,

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,
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(representing

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,
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Notes

References

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