Lima, Peru - Recent The upcoming APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting is likely to yield more consensuses based on the positive outcomes achieved at the previous 2024 APEC Ministerial Meetings, said Carlos Vasquez, 2024 Chair of APEC Senior Officials' Meetings. The APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting will be held on Friday and Saturday in the Peruvian capital Lima. APEC Ministerial Meetings play a crucial role in preparing and informing the APEC Leaders' Meeting. Several ministerial meetings for the APEC 2024, including meetings on finance, trade, tourism, have been held throughout the year. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) began in 1989 as an informal dialogue group, and has since become the premier forum for facilitating economic growth, cooperation, trade and investment across the Asia-Pacific region. APEC currently has 21 members. Shotlist: Lima, Peru - Recent: 1. Various of decorations for APEC Peru 2024 at International Media Center; Lima, Peru - Nov 13, 2024 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Carlos Vasquez, 2024 Chair of APEC Senior Officials' Meetings: "What we have been able to demonstrate [is] that consensus is possible to be reached in APEC, because we have already adopted 10 ministerial statements by consensus and five additional deliverables, technical, political documents by consensus too. So these four last deliverables are extremely difficult, very complex, but I think that there is a sort of consensus spirit this year and I am optimistic regarding the possibility of having these additional four deliverables adopted by consensus by the end of this week."; Lima, Peru - Recent 3. Aerial shots of Lima Convention Center (LCC), venue for APEC meetings; 4. Various of traffic. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]