KUALA LUMPUR: Multilateral cooperation through platforms like Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) will help realize a vision of shared prosperity in the face of global uncertainties, a Malaysian official said on Monday as the country is taking over the APEC chairmanship for next year.

Hairil Yahri Yaacob, an official from Malaysia’s International Trade in Industry Ministry who chairs APEC Informal Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Malaysia’s northern resort island of Langkawi this week, told representatives of participating economies at the Symposium on Priorities for APEC 2020 that it is the responsibility of all to create an inclusive environment to effectively support their domestic agendas.

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