More regional cooperation needed, Hu says
Leaders attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima pose for a group photograph on Sunday. Front row (from left): Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Peruvian President Alan Garcia, Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Philippines President Gloria Arroyo. Second row (from left): Malaysian Vice-Prime Minister Abdul Razak, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, senior Taiwanese envoy Lien Chan, Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, US President George W. Bush and Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet. Agencies |
LIMA, Peru: President Hu Jintao on Sunday urged members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to boost regional economic integration and said China is ready to conduct research on an Asia-Pacific free trade area.