A meeting to thrash out proposals for the upcoming APEC summit was "productive" and "constructive," meeting chairman Igor Morgulov said on Monday.
Russia has deployed about 10,000 police, and mobilized vessels and fighters for the upcoming APEC summit in the Far East city of Vladivostok.
As rotating president of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Russia hosted a number of productive events in a fruitful year, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
The 2012 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) opened on Sunday with its usual senior officials' meeting aimed at identifying issues for further discussion.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday Moscow would not settle the peace treaty issue with Japan during the upcoming APEC meeting.
China expects the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Russia to promote trade and investment liberalization.
Finance ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies have agreed to promote financial literacy education in the region.
The Philippines will host the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders' Meeting in 2015, a senior government official said on Wednesday.
Russia's Primorsky Krai is planning to take advantage of the upcoming APEC meetings to draw investment for the region's development.
Russia began a large-scale drill in the southeastern region of Primorsky Krai as part of security preparations for the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
The APEC China CEO Forum - the first of its kind - will take place on June 7 and 8 in Beijing.
White House confirmed that US President Barack Obama will not attend the APEC summit this fall.