Russia–ASEAN meeting

The Russia–ASEAN meeting was held in Singapore on 2 August 2018. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov participated in the meeting from the Russian side.

The ministers noted considerable progress in implementing the decisions approved at the Russia–ASEAN Summit in Sochi in May 2016. They reached an agreement on preparations for a new meeting of ASEAN leaders and approved measures to boost cooperation in the fight against terrorism and transnational crime, to ensure information security and emergency response coordination, as well as expand contacts in the economic, investment and humanitarian areas.
The participants discussed prospects for the development of ties between ASEAN and the Eurasian Economic Union and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation for the sake of promoting diversified integration across Greater Eurasia.
Press-release at the Russian MFA official web-site