SAN FRANCISCO, November 17. /TASS/. Work on the final document of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit is still underway, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk said on Friday.

"Work on the final declaration is still underway," Overchuk, who heads the Russian delegation at the summit in the United States, told journalists. "Representatives from our [Russian] Foreign Ministry are also involved in this work. It is probably too early to make any comments on this issue."

According to previous statements of Matt Murray, the US Department of State official in charge of the APEC summit, the United States is taking measures to reach consensus on the event’s final statement. In his words, there has been "a lot of friction over the last couple of years over statements, primarily due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict."

The summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is held in San Francisco, California, on November 16-17. High on its agenda are matters of trade, digital assets, financial stability and innovations.