Obama’s absence at APEC summit slammed by Singapore

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The cancelation of US President Barack Obama’s APEC summit visit was reprimanded by Singapore’s Prime Minister on Sunday.

"Obviously we prefer a US government that is working to one that is not. And we prefer a US president who is able to travel and fulfill his international duties to one who is preoccupied with national domestic affairs," Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday at the meeting which Obama was previously scheduled to address.

US Secretary of State John Kerry will take part in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit instead of President Obama.

Leaders of APEC countries, whose economies account for more than half of global GDP, have gathered on the Indonesian island of Bali for the economic summit which is set to kick off on October 7.