SAN FRANCISCO /California/, November 18. /TASS/. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit may be ranked as successful as a consensus was reached amid challenging conditions, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk who heads the country’s delegation at the summit that is about to end in San Francisco (California), said.

"Judging by the declaration, judging by the areas specified in it, judging by the fact that amid today’s challenging environment a consensus was reached, this is a successful summit," he told reporters.