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APEC energy meeting begins in Australia
SYDNEY - Senior APEC energy officials began meeting in the northern Australian city of Darwin on Sunday for talks which will focus on energy security and climate change, an official said.
The three-day event will culminate with talks between the energy ministers of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation members on Tuesday.
‘APEC economies account for 60 percent of the world’s energy demand so a meeting of this sort is a fairly crucial opportunity to nut out some of the issues,’ a spokeswoman for Australian Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane said.
Ahead of the meeting, Macfarlane said that the talks would be ‘an important opportunity for us to address environmental concerns and promote clean and efficient energy production and use.’
Australia’s wealth of energy resources and technologies meant it was well placed to make a significant contribution to the APEC meeting, he said.
Australia is the world’s largest coal exporter, second largest uranium exporter and a major gas exporter.
‘APEC will also be an opportunity work with economies in the region to improve the operation of energy markets, address impediments to energy investment and trade, promote energy diversity and energy efficiency,’ Macfarlane said.
Some 21 heads of state -- including US President George W. Bush, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe -- will attend the Asia
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