Putin To Hold Bilateral Meetings With Foreign Leaders At Eastern Economic Forum - Aide

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold bilateral meetings with foreign leaders on the sidelines of the 7th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said on Monday

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th September, 2022) Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold bilateral meetings with foreign leaders on the sidelines of the 7th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said on Monday.

On September 7, Putin will attend the plenary session of the 7th Eastern Economic Forum. The forum will last from September 5-8 in Vladivostok at the Far Eastern Federal University. Prime Minister of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Mongolia Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene, and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Li Zhanshu will participate in the plenary session of the forum.

"On the sidelines of the forum, Vladimir Putin is also scheduled to meet with foreign leaders invited to the forum. It means that the leaders will exchange views on burning issues of the bilateral and regional agenda," Ushakov told reporters.

Putin and Li Zhanshu will discuss on the sidelines of the forum the work of the legislators of the two countries to form the legal basis for bilateral practical cooperation, and promote close foreign policy coordination between Moscow and Beijing, Ushakov added.

In addition, Putin will meet with Pashinyan to discuss key aspects of Russian-Armenian relations, including the prospects for building up trade and economic cooperation, Ushakov said, adding that during the talks with Oyun-Erdene, Putin will raise the issue of boosting trade and economic ties.

Putin will also give an assessment of the situation in global politics and economy.

"Our president is expected to give detailed assessments of the current situation in the world economy and politics. He will probably talk about the deep fundamental transformations that the modern world is going through, about moving the center of global business and financial activity from the West to the Asia-Pacific region and, of course, he will talk about the tasks of the Russian economy in the conditions of economic, financial, technological aggression of Western countries," Ushakov noted.

The forum will be attended by over 5,000 guests from 67 countries, while almost 700 heads of Russian and 27 heads of foreign companies have confirmed their participation in the forum, Ushakov said. According to the presidential aide, the largest delegation is from China with 114 people. For comparison, the delegation from Myanmar consists of 85 people, Mongolia - 32, India - 27, and South Korea - 18 people.

The Sputnik news agency is an information partner of the forum.