Putin hosts leaders of Southeast Asian nations, seeking to boost their business ties
The two-day summit will review security, trade and investment ties as Moscow seeks to expand its Asian partnerships under Western sanctions.
- President Vladimir Putin hosts representatives from 11 Asean countries in Kazan on Wednesday, commemorating 35 years of Russia-ASEAN collaboration as Western nations pressure Moscow over its Ukraine offensive.
- Amid the four-year Ukraine offensive, Moscow has reoriented its economy and oil exports toward Asia, though Russia struggles with high inflation, labour shortages, and rising borrowing costs.
- Prime ministers from Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, and Singapore are attending, while President Ferdinand Marcos represents the Philippines; Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim intends to discuss "ensuring that oil supplies can continue to be channelled" to Malaysia.
- At the G7 summit in France, President Donald Trump urged Moscow to "make a deal" to end the Ukraine war, stating Washington will soon be able to reimpose sanctions against Russian oil.
- Kremlin officials stated leaders will "exchange views on global and regional problems" and pursue new Russia-ASEAN ties in security and trade, despite Kyiv's increased attacks on Russian soil in Tatarstan.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin received several Asian leaders on Wednesday at a summit that is taking place at the same time as the G7 summit, during which his American counterpart Donald Trump announced that he wants to intensify his efforts to end the Ukraine War, reports AFP.
Putin hosts ASEAN leaders
Kazan President Vladimir Putin began welcoming Southeast Asian leaders to a summit in the central Russian city of Kazan on Wednesday, as the West pressures Moscow to end its Ukraine offensive. Putin has sought to deepen political and economic ties with Asia during Moscow’s more than four-year full-scale offensive against Ukraine. The summit in the capital of Tatarstan, around 700 kilometres (435 miles) east of Moscow, comes as the G7 meets in Fr…
Putin leaves Moscow and St. Petersburg for the first time in seven months — to stage a walkabout in Kazan
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kazan on June 17 for a two-day visit to attend the Russia–ASEAN summit — his first trip outside Moscow and St. Petersburg in seven months, according to the independent Russian political newsletter Faridaily.
Since the invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has been working to reorient part of its economy to Asia.
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