¡¡¡¡BANGKOK, Oct. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- The 11th Economic Leaders Meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum opened here on Monday amid tight security.

¡¡¡¡The informal leaders' meeting is expected to be dominated by efforts to salvage the Doha Round of multilateral trade talks, enhance economic cooperation and strengthen the combat against terrorism.

¡¡¡¡Some 20,000 police and troops have been deployed in the Thai capital to ensure safety for the event.

¡¡¡¡On Oct. 17-18, the APEC ministers, who finalized the agenda forthe leaders' meeting, agreed to revive the Doha Round talks and reiterated pledge to realize the Bogor Goals, which aim for free and open trade between APEC developed members by 2010 and between developing members by 2020. Enditem