Biden arrived in Peru for the ATEC summit, where he will meet with Xi Jinping.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit unites 21 participating countries, which account for 60% of world GDP.
US President Joe Biden flew to Lima (Peru) to take part in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Summit. This will be his last participation in this event as head of state. This was reported by the EFE agency on Thursday, November 14.
During the summit, Biden plans to announce new agreements with Peru to combat drug trafficking, investments in rail infrastructure and space research, backed by the signing of a memorandum between NASA and the Peruvian agency Conida.
On Friday, Biden will participate in trilateral talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Yun Seok-yeol. Such meetings with allies are planned to be made regular, even after the change of administration to Donald Trump in January.
On Sunday, he will visit the Amazon in the city of Manaus, Brazil, before heading to Rio de Janeiro for the G20 summit.
It is known that in Peru, Biden will meet with the President of China, Xi Jinping. The meeting will take place against the backdrop of a tense situation due to the threat of new trade wars between the two countries, which could begin with the arrival of the administration of Donald Trump.
The Chinese president arrived in Lima four hours before Biden and had already held talks with Boluarte, after which the two leaders took part in the virtual opening of the Changkai Port, built with the participation of Chinese capital.
The Asia-Pacific summit will focus on economic topics such as trade and investment, innovation and sustainable growth. Since 1989, APEC’s goal has been to promote economic growth, cooperation and investment in the Pacific region.
More than 13,000 police officers were mobilized to increase security at the summit in Lima, home to 10 million people.
Earlier, Chinese leader Xi Jinping congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the US presidential election and called for stability between the world’s two largest economies.
