Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro said on May 29 that she had spoken to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about a summit next month between the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In a post on X, Lazaro said she had a productive phone call with Lavrov to discuss preparations for a commemorative summit marking 35 years of Russia–ASEAN relations, to be held in Kazan, Russia, on June 17 and 18.
It will be Putin’s first in-person meeting with ASEAN leaders as a group since 2018, when he attended a Russia–ASEAN summit in Singapore.
ASEAN’s members include Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, East Timor, Brunei, and the Philippines….Â
Putin Expected to Meet ASEAN Leaders During June Summit in Russia
