Lavrov holds press conference during 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds a press conference following his speech to the 19th East Asia Summit in Vientiane on Friday, September 11. ASEAN representatives from Brunei Darussalam, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam as well as major partners including the United States, China, Japan and Russia took part in Summit. The 44th and 45th ASEAN summits take place on October 6-11 in Laos. Malaysia will take over the chairmanship for 2025.