World leaders at APEC meeting pledge to redouble COVID-19 pandemic fight

WELLINGTON: Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group, including US President Joe Biden, Russia's Vladimir Putin, and China's Xi Jinping, pledged on Friday to work to expand sharing and manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines to fight the global pandemic.

The APEC leaders met virtually to discuss collective actions to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impacts. Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong also attended the meeting.New Zealand, the revolving Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation host, said this week it would chair the extraordinary meeting ahead of a formal gathering in November, the first time such an additional meeting has been held.

Despite their show of resolve, there are tensions among APEC members, most notably between the West and China – over issues ranging from the origins of the coronavirus to trade, Xinjiang, Hong Kong and the South China Sea. The grouping includes the world's three largest economies and impoverished nations such as Papua New Guinea, as well as members at vastly different points in the COVID-19 cycle, providing further challenges for building consensus.

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