Staff writer
The 18 members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, in a major policy change, may decide later this month to admit Russia as a member, government sources said Tuesday.
The sources, closely involved in APEC affairs, said top leaders at the informal APEC summit to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, may also decide to grant membership to Peru as well as Vietnam, which was admitted to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in July 1995.