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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is hosting leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations astatine a gathering Wednesday (June 17, 2026) that seeks to bolster concern and different ties with members of the determination bloc.
The two-day meeting, being held successful Kazan, is acceptable to see ways to grow Russia’s “strategic partnership” with ASEAN nations that see Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, East Timor and Vietnam, according to Kremlin overseas affairs advisor Yuri Ushakov.
The determination bloc has maintained relations with Moscow arsenic a “dialogue partner” and engaged Russian officials successful yearly top-level meetings, helium said. The acme successful Kazan, connected the Volga River, marks the 35th day of Russia-ASEAN relations.
In a connection greeting participants successful a concern forum held connected the sidelines of the summit, Mr. Putin said helium was assured that it would “create caller opportunities for expanding mutually beneficial trade, investment, and concern cooperation, portion besides strengthening nonstop dialog betwixt our concern communities.”
Mr. Ushakov said the docket includes exchanging views connected planetary and determination issues and reviewing efforts to make Russia-ASEAN ties. He emphasised that the participants are acceptable to underline their adherence to “forming a conscionable and antiauthoritarian multipolar satellite bid based connected the principles of planetary instrumentality and the United Nations Charter.”
Mr. Ushakov praised what helium described arsenic “fruitful, adjacent and constructive dialogue” betwixt Russia and ASEAN.
He told reporters that Mr. Putin would person bilateral meetings with ASEAN leaders during the summit, which helium volition co-chair with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, whose state presently holds the association’s yearly rotating presidency.
Some of ASEAN’s divers subordinate countries, including the Philippines, are seen to beryllium aligned with the United States, portion others person dense commercialized and information engagements with China and Russia.
Several ASEAN members, including the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, person either imported Russian crude lipid oregon expressed involvement successful purchasing it aft planetary substance prices soared successful the aftermath of the warfare successful Iran.
