Tuesday, 20 November 2018

where was APEC Summit 2018 held?

where was APEC Summit 2018 held?


Options

1) Papua New Guinea

2)Brunei

3)Timor-Leste

4)none of the above

answer

1) Papua New Guinea


Other details

2-day APEC Summit 2018 concluded in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

It was the first time Papua New Guinea is hosting the APEC meetings

All 21 member countries of APEC participated in the Summit.

 It is the 1st such summit which in its 25-year history failed to agree on a formal joint statement

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation is an inter-governmental forum for 21 Pacific Rim member economies that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

Members:
 Australia    
 Brunei    
 Canada    
 Indonesia    
 Japan    
 South Korea    
 Malaysia    
 New Zealand    
 Philippines    
 Singapore 
 Thailand 
 United States    
 Republic of China    
 Hong Kong    
  Taiwan
 Mexico    
 Papua New Guinea    
 Chile 
 Peru    
 Russia    
 Vietnam    

Headquarters: Singapore

Founder: Bob Hawke

Founded: November 1989, Canberra, Australia

Chairperson: Peter O'Neill

Papua New Guinea, in the southwestern Pacific, encompasses the eastern half of New Guinea and its offshore islands.

Capital: Port Moresby

Currency: Papua New Guinean kina