30 March 2017

News Story: 14th ASEAN-Russia senior officials' meeting held in Lao capital

VIENTIANE, March 29 (Xinhua) -- The Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted the 14th ASEAN-Russia Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) on Wednesday in capital Vientiane to review recent cooperation.

The meeting was co-chaired by Lao Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Laos' ASEAN SOM Leader Thongphane Savanphet, and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and SOM Leader of the Russian Federation Igor V. Morgulov.

The meeting reviewed the cooperation between ASEAN and Russia over the past year, especially in following up on the outcomes of the ASEAN-Russia Commemorative Summit to mark the 20th Anniversary of ASEAN-Russia Dialogue Relations held in March last year in Sochi, Russia, Lao News Agency (KPL) reported.

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