Chile withdraws as host of trade and climate summits
智利取消舉辦APEC峰會和氣候峰會
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Chile has withdrawn as host of the APEC trade summit in November and the
COP25 climate summit in December after several weeks of violent unrest,
President Sebastian Pinera announced on Wednesday.
智利總統 Sebastian Pinera 週三宣布，在經歷了數週的動亂後，智利已取消11月舉行的
APEC貿易峰會和12月的COP25氣候峰會。
The APEC summit was scheduled to bring together 20 world leaders, including
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, over Nov.
16-17. The COP25 program was due to run between Dec. 2 and Dec. 13.
APEC(亞太經合組織峰會)原定於11月16日至17日召集20位世界領導人參加，包括美國總統
唐納德·川普和中國國家主席習近平。 COP25計劃於12月2日至12月13日舉行。
“This has been a very difficult decision, a decision that causes us a lot of
pain, because we fully understand the importance of APEC and COP-25 for Chile
and for the world,” Pinera said in a brief statement from La Moneda palace
in Santiago.
Pinera在一份簡短的聲明中說：“這是一個非常困難的決定，使我們感到痛苦，因為我們
充分理解APEC和COP-25對智利和世界的重要性。”