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Russia, ASEAN Forge Comprehensive Five-Year Cooperation Plan: Deputy FM

© AP Photo / Sakchai LalitIndian Foreign Minister Subramanyam Jaishankar, Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan and Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo hold hands for a group photo at the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with India
Indian Foreign Minister Subramanyam Jaishankar, Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan and Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo hold hands for a group photo at the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with India - Sputnik India, 1920, 20.02.2025
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JAKARTA (Sputnik) - Russia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are working on a comprehensive plan for the main areas of cooperation for the next five years, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko told Sputnik.
"Yes, we can only talk about positive dynamics. This concerns both bilateral relations with ASEAN countries and our relations with ASEAN as an association, an organisation uniting ten states of Southeast Asia. Relations are developing in various areas, we are now working on a new comprehensive plan that will determine the main vectors of our cooperation for the next five years," Rudenko said on Wednesday.
He mentioned that during a meeting, Russia felt that ASEAN countries are interested in cooperating with it and view the nation as one of the stabilising factors in the Asia-Pacific region.
Rudenko said that of the ASEAN countries, in addition to Indonesia, which became a full member of BRICS at the beginning of this year, Thailand and Malaysia received the status of the group's partner.
BRICS is an interstate association created in 2006 by Russia, China, India and Brazil. South Africa joined in 2011. Since the beginning of 2024, a number of other countries have joined BRICS.
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