DA NANG (Vietnam): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will be involved in key engagements ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting here today, including attending the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Leaders’ Meeting and three bilateral meetings. Najib, who arrived on Thursday, and other leaders of 21-member APEC economies, are convening in the resort city here for the two-day APEC Leaders’ Meeting, the main event of the APEC meet from Friday, to reshape globalisation and trade policy. Najib will also hold bilateral talks with New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinta Ardern, and Australia’s Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, in between his APEC programmes today. Other programmes outlined for the APEC Leaders’ Meeting today include a plenary session with APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Plenary Session, ABAC Dialogue with APEC Leaders and APEC-ASEAN Informal Dialogue. Vietnam’s President, Tran Dai Quang, will host a gala dinner for the APEC leaders tonight.

Source: New Strait Times November 10, 2017 03:33 UTC