Lavrov announces Putin visit to APEC summit in Shenzhen

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Shenzhen in November for the APEC summit, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on October 14 during talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Baku.

Lavrov said Russia was looking forward to a new exchange between the two leaders. He recalled their two meetings this year, during Putin's official visit to China and at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek.

Lavrov and Wang are meeting on the sidelines of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia summit. In his opening remarks, the Russian minister proposed discussing work on the tasks set by the two countries' leaders and developments in the Middle East and other regions.