Russian foreign minister to attend 5th East Asia Summit in Hanoi

MOSCOW, October 26 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov will attend the fifth East Asia Summit (EAS) in Hanoi on October 30
as a special quest, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported on Tuesday.
This year, the East Asia Summit in Hanoi is expected to take on added
importance with the inclusion of Russia and the United States as members
of the East Asia summit dialogue process.
"Joining the EAS forum, Russia is committed to promote peace,
stability and economic cooperation in the Asia Pacific region, to help
shape a better security and cooperation architecture here," the ministry
said.
The East Asia Summit (EAS) is a forum held annually by leader of 16
countries in the East Asian region, including ASEAN countries and
Australia, India, China, New Zealand, South Korea, and Japan. EAS meetings
are held after annual ASEAN leaders' summits. The first East Asia Summit
was held in Kuala Lumpur on December 14, 2005.