(Corrects paraphrase of PNG foreign minister to clarify trade was a sticking point)
PORT MORESBY (Reuters) - A Chinese official said on Sunday that Asia-Pacific leaders could not issue the traditional communique at the end of the regional APEC forum, held in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
PNG will instead issue a "chairman's statement", said Zhang Shaogang, director-general of China's international department at the Ministry of Commerce.
Disagreement over the future of multilateral trade was a sticking point, PNG Foreign Minister Rimbink Pato told Reuters earlier.
(Reporting by Jonathan Barrett in PORT MORESBY; Editing by Himani Sarkar and David Evans)
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