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APEC foreign, trade ministers to hold meeting next week ahead of summit

Published: 23 Oct. 2025, 12:13

Passengers ride on escalators as a large electric board shows an advertisement promoting the 2025 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Gyeongju at Seoul Station on Oct. 22. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Foreign and trade ministers from APEC member economies will hold a two-day meeting next week just ahead of the upcoming APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, the foreign ministry said Thursday.

The APEC Ministerial Meeting (AMM) will be held from Wednesday through Thursday, just days before the two-day leaders' summit, beginning Friday, the ministry said in a release.

The Concluding Senior Officials' Meeting on APEC preparations is set for Monday through Tuesday.

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo will co-chair the AMM, during which the participating economies will discuss regional challenges and ways to promoted shared prosperity through digital cooperation, as well as exploring measures to strengthen supply chains and boost trade.

The ministers aim to adopt a joint statement that reflect the outcomes of this year's CSOM, other sectoral meetings and high-level dialogues, as well as APEC's overall achievements in 2025.

The meeting will bring together foreign and trade ministers from all 21 APEC member economies, as well as representatives from observer organizations, including the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Pacific Islands Forum and the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council.

Top officials from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and World Trade Organization will also attend the sessions.

The CSOM will focus on discussions regarding artificial intelligence cooperation and responses to demographic change, the key agenda items South Korea has presented for this year's APEC summit.

Yonhap