S. Korean President to visit Russia for summit with Putin

Seoul Aug 22 (IANS) South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit Russia in September for a summit meeting with President Vladimir Putin the Blue House said on Tuesday.

Presidential spokesman Park Soo-hyun said Moon would visit Vladivostok from September 6-7 to attend the upcoming Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) Xinhua news agency reported.

The South Korean leader would deliver a keynote speech at the forum established in 2015 and hold a bilateral summit meeting with Putin the spokesman said.

The EEF is a regional forum for cooperation between political and business leaders from Russia and the Asia-Pacific countries.

The South Korean President will participate in the UN General Assembly in mid-September to deliver a keynote speech during the session according to Moon s office.

The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a new resolution toughening sanctions on North Korea in response to Pyongyang s test-launch in July of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

During the UN speech Moon will likely send a message to encourage North Korea to stop further provocation and return to a dialogue table for the denuclearised Korean Peninsula.

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