Lavrov arrives in Thailand, attends consulate general inauguration
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visits Thailand and attends the inauguration ceremony of the Russian general consulate.
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, July 14, 2023. (AP)
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov attended the ASEAN ministerial events in Jakarta Indonesia from July 12 to 14.
According to TASS, the Russian Foreign Minister arrived in the Thai city of Phuket for a visit on Friday.
He will meet with his Thai counterpart, Don Pramudwinai, and attend the inauguration ceremony of the Russian consulate general in Phuket, which will take place at the Royal Phuket Marina.
Lavrov also conducted a number of bilateral and trilateral meetings under the RIC-2 framework with Russia, Indonesia, and China.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, along with other East Asia Summit (EAS) participants, are attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers' meeting in Indonesia's capital Jakarta, both wearing traditional Indonesian shirts, a Sputnik correspondent reported Friday.
The organizers chose batik shirts made of hand-dyed fabric with elaborate patterns because Indonesia is the chair of ASEAN and the EAS this year.
ASEAN is a grouping of ten Southeast Asian countries, including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, to promote political and economic cooperation among its members.
The EAS is a venue for interaction among Asia-Pacific leaders on a wide range of strategic, political, and economic concerns. The next East Asia Summit will be held in September in Jakarta. This kind of meeting is held annually in connection with high-level ASEAN activities. Since 2011, Russian and US presidents have also been invited to the forum.
