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Lavrov to Take Part in ASEAN Meetings; Avoids US Contact

RUSSIA
  • Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken jointly participated in a meeting of top diplomats from the East Asia Summit on Friday, a TASS correspondent reported. However, RIA reported recently that Lavrov had no intention of contacting the US side.
  • Lavrov will continue to take part in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meetings in Indonesia today. The Bank of Russia will publish its estimate of trend inflation.
  • The Russian government has created a new list of requirements that parties must fulfill in order to sell Russian assets by foreigners, Vedomosti reports citing the decision made by government commission. The buyer of an asset must not enter into a buyback option with the seller for more than two years.

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