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FA Min: APEC Peru 2024 Meeting in Arequipa seeks to strengthen SMEs economy

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16:00 | Lima, Feb. 21.

Peru's Foreign Affairs Minister Javier Gonzalez-Olaechea on Wednesday affirmed that the Finance and Central Bank Deputies Meeting (FCBDM), which will take place in Arequipa starting today, is aimed at strengthening small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

As is known, this event in the southern city —set to last until February 24— is one of the at least 160 meetings scheduled in our country that already exercises the APEC Presidency.

"What is taking place today is one of the four-day meetings in Arequipa, where there is also an important security deployment; what is being addressed starting today are the technological and economic aspects, highly oriented to strengthening the economy of SMEs and others," he said in remarks to RPP Noticias.

In that sense, the high-ranking official explained that like this meeting in Arequipa, technical gatherings will also be held, which are aimed at the success of the Leaders' Summit later this year.

Arequipa is one the five cities chosen as the venues for APEC 2024, in addition to Trujillo, Urubamba (Cusco region), Pucallpa (Ucayali region), and Lima.

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Published: 2/21/2024