Asia-Pacific leaders adopt Bangkok goals for sustainability

China president Xi Jinping looking on as his wife signs the guestbook during a meeting with Prayut and his wife on the sidelines of Apec summit in Bangkok. — AFP

BANGKOK: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) leaders have adopted the Bangkok Goals for sustainability at their meeting, after a push by Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha to place a green economic model as a strategy for growth.

Thailand, as the host, had put sustainability at the front and centre of discussions that also included hot-button issues such as inflation, food and energy security and Russia’s war in Ukraine.