If he cannot go, Wang said there are many other talented people in the country for the president to choose from.
Lee, meanwhile, yesterday expressed hope that Wang would attend the meeting.
"I hope he can go and everybody should make an effort to make things happen," he told reporters at the legislative compound yesterday afternoon.
While speculation is rife that Lee might represent the president to the summit again if Wang eventually cannot go, Lee yesterday dismissed the idea.
"I told the president last year that I have completed the mission at this stage and that he should send somebody else next year," he said.
He also said that he would not take up the job even if the president makes the request.
When asked who would make a good candidate to replace Wang, Lee said that it was up to the president to decide.
Equal opportunity
Meanwhile, foreign ministry spokesman Michel Lu (呂慶龍) yesterday said Minister of Foreign affairs Mark Chen (陳唐山) had written a letter to his South Korean counterpart Ban Ki-moon yesterday morning to urge that Taiwan be given an equal opportunity to participate in the summit.
"Taiwan is a full member of APEC and therefore has the full right to attend the meeting like the other members of the APEC, which includes the right to have our leader to join the meeting," the letter said, Lu told reporters.
Additional reporting by Chang Yun-ping
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