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Apec scheme aims for ‘Safe Passage’

A signboard to promote Apec 2022 is erected under the Siam BTS skytrain station. The theme for the Apec summit, this year hosted by the Thai government, is ‘Open. Connect. Balance’, referring to being open to all opportunities, connecting in all dimensions and being balanced in all aspects. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicieanbut)

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) inter-governmental forum has proposed a “Safe Passage” scheme to reconnect all economic areas and improve travel procedures for Apec member states.

At a press conference on Friday held by the Ministry of Foreign, Cherdchai Chaivaivid, director-general of the International Economics Affairs Department and also chair of Apec’s Safe Passage Scheme working committee, said the scheme was a continuation of a project begun last year when New Zealand…

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