The Russian Foreign Ministry reported on its official Telegram account, the ministerial meetings in that city will be held in three formats: Russia-Asean, East Asia Summit and Asean Regional Security Forum.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova earlier reported that Lavrov planned a large number of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of his Asean agenda.

In particular, Moscow plans to assess the policy pursued by the West and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization leading to the militarization of the Asia-Pacific region.

It is also planned to discuss the initiative of a Eurasian security architecture proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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