The Aquino administration will start constructing the necessary infrastructure next year in preparation for hosting the 23rd Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in 2015.
In a joint statement issued Thursday, APEC ministers officially announced that Indonesia will host the summit next year, China in 2014, and Peru in 2016.
Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for International Economic Relations Laura del Rosario said the meetings of senior officials and ministers will be held in various locations across the country ahead of the summit.
"We will not just host in Manila, we will go to Clark, we will go to Cebu, in different venues. We’ll make sure that the hotels are ready, the cultural presentations are ready and the infrastructures are ready," Del Rosario said.
But Del Rosario said the final venue for the APEC summit in November 2015 will be firmed up by next year.
"It’s a huge event because it’s not just one meeting but a series of meetings which will start in January 2015. We will have four senior officials meeting and maybe five ministerial meetings at different times of the year," she said. -Black Pearl (September 8, 2012)
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