다자 정상회의 참석차 순방 중인 박근 혜 대통령이 17일 낮(현지시간) 두 번째 방문지인 필리핀 마닐라에 도착했다.

박 대통령은 18일부터 이틀간 '포용적 성장 및 더 나은 세계 만들기'를 주제로 열리는 제23차 아시아태평양경제협력체(APEC) 정상회의에 참석한다.

박 대통령은 18일 APEC 기업인자문위원회(ABAC)와의 대화 행사를 시작으로 칠레 와 페루, 멕시코, 콜롬비아로 이뤄진 태평양동맹(PA)과 APEC간의 비공식 대화  일정 에 참석한다.

이어 19일에는 '지역 경제통합을 통한 포용적 성장'과 '지속가능하고 복원력 있 는 공동체를 통한 포용적 성장'을 주제로 진행되는 오전·오후 회의에 참석해 다른 참석 정상들과 의견을 교환할 예정이다.

박 대통령은 이 자리에서 중소기업 지원, 인적자원 개발, 농촌 공동체 강화 등 우리의 개발 경험을 토대로 아시아·태평양 지역의 경제 통합 및 포용적 성장을  위한 구체적 정책 방향을 제시할 계획이다. (연합)

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Park arrives in Philippines for APEC summit

President Park Geun-hye arrived in the Philippines on Tuesday for a two-day summit of Asia and Pacific leaders this week.

Park and the leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum are expected to exchange opinions on how to build inclusive economies and sustainable and resilient communities, said Cheong Wa Dae, South Korea's presidential office.

The APEC forum is set to bring together top leaders of the organization's 21 member economies, including the United States, Japan and Australia, which together account for nearly 60 percent of global gross domestic product and almost half of world trade.

Park is also set to hold a meeting with APEC Business Advisory Council and as well as an unofficial dialogue with Pacific Alliance, a Latin American trade bloc composed of four countries bordering the Pacific Ocean -- Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.

Manila is the second stop on Park's 10-day tour that already took her to Turkey for the summit of the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies.

In Turkey, Park called for a careful adjustment of monetary policies of advanced countries amid lingering worries over a potential Fed rate hike.

Last month, the U.S. Federal Reserve kept interest rates at near zero due to global headwinds but suggested that it could raise rates by the end of the year.

"The normalization of monetary policies of advanced countries should be adjusted in a careful and gradual manner by taking into account their impact on the world economy," Park said Monday at the G-20 summit in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya.

Separately, Park, U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders condemned recent terror attacks in France and Turkey as they pledged to fight against terrorism.

"We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the heinous terrorist attacks" in Paris and in Ankara, according to the G-20 statement on the fight against terrorism. "They are an unacceptable affront to all humanity."

It is the first time that the leaders of the G-20 countries have issued a separate statement on a political issue since the G-20 came into being. (Yonhap)