"APEC may achieve little in concrete terms but the fact that world leaders are gathered to discuss a particular issue is highly symbolic," Yang said.
"This could be an additional mechanism to open more discussions on security issues, but we should not see it as a big breakthrough," he said.
China, agreed the analysts, would be opposed to such a forum but it would serve as a mechanism to highlight cross-strait issues.
"Multilateral development is worth supporting no matter if Taiwan is part of the forum or not," Yang said.
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