SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will go to South America for a pair of multilateral conferences from Nov 14 to Nov 20.
Mr Wong will first go to Peru from Nov 14 to Nov 16 to attend the thirty first Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation (APEC) Financial Leaders’ Assembly (AELM), on the invitation of President Dina Boluarte, the Prime Minister’s Workplace (PMO) mentioned on Wednesday (Nov 13).
He’ll then journey to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the G20 Summit from Nov 17 to Nov 20, on the invitation of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Peru is the host financial system of APEC this yr, whereas Brazil holds the G20 presidency.
Beneath the theme “Empower, Embody, Develop”, the APEC leaders will focus on methods to advertise commerce and funding for inclusive and interconnected development, and the transition in the direction of the formal and international financial system, amongst different subjects, the PMO mentioned.
Mr Wong may also take part in varied dialogues, and the Leaders’ Retreat.
With the theme “Constructing a Simply World and a Sustainable Planet”, Brazil’s G20 presidency “seeks to handle international challenges of inequality, starvation and poverty, promote sustainable and inclusive development, and rally assist for international governance reform”, mentioned the PMO.
On the summit, Mr Wong will take part in discussions bearing on the significance of multilateral cooperation in fostering development, the reform of world governance establishments for larger improvement impression, vitality transitions to fulfill collective web zero ambitions, and job creation as a method to attain the United Nations’ sustainable improvement objectives, it added.
Mr Wong may also have bilateral conferences together with his counterparts on the sidelines of the ALEM and G20 Summit.
He shall be accompanied by Minister for International Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan and senior officers from the Prime Minister’s Workplace and Ministry of International Affairs, mentioned PMO.
Senior officers from the Ministry of Commerce and Trade and Ministry of Finance may also be part of the APEC and G20 delegations respectively.
Throughout Mr Wong’s absence, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Commerce and Trade Gan Kim Yong would be the Performing Prime Minister.
