But in the wake of 911, this year APEC became a forum for the US to lobby the international community on its anti-terror campaign. The leaders 'meeting issued a collective anti-terrorism communiqu? and criticized recent terror attacks in the Asia-Pacific region, especially those in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Russia.
在「九一一事件」後，APEC 已成美國遊說國際社會反恐的外交陣地，此回 APEC 領袖就共同發表了反恐聲明，並譴責近來在亞太地區，特別是發生在印尼、菲律賓以及俄羅斯等地的恐怖暴行。