PM ready to take up Apec chairPrime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is preparing to take up the chairmanship of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) meeting from New Zealand next year. The Apec chairmanship will fall on Thailand's shoulders at the end of the virtual meeting of 28th Apec Economic Leaders Week (AELW) which will take place from Nov 11-12. At 7pm, Gen Prayut will participate in a meeting between the AELW and Apec Business Advisory Council (Abac) Leaders Dialogue. Gen Prawit was asked by Gen Prayut, who is also the defence minister, to attend the meeting on his behalf. The event was hosted by the Bruneian defence minister via a video teleconference, Defence Ministry spokesman Gen Kongcheep Tantravanich said.