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US President, Russian PMs Meeting Limited to Greetings Exchange

© AFP 2023 / HOANG DINH NAMDelegates and performers sing the ASEAN anthem during the opening ceremony of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) 49th annual ministerial meeting in Vientiane on July 24, 2016.
Delegates and performers sing the ASEAN anthem during the opening ceremony of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) 49th annual ministerial meeting in Vientiane on July 24, 2016. - Sputnik International
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US President Barack Obama and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev did not discuss any particular issues during their meeting in Laos, with their conversation being limited to the exchange of greetings, a source in the Russian delegation told RIA Novosti on Thursday.

VIENTIANE (Laos) (Sputnik) – On Wednesday, the Russian prime minister’s spokeswoman Natalya Timakova said that Obama and Medvedev had held a conversation at the reception organized for the leaders at the East Asia Summit (EAS) in Vientiane, the capital of Laos.

"Nothing specific has been discussed. They shook hands, exchanged a few words," the source said.

The 11th EAS summit kicked off on Wednesday and will last through Thursday. Established in 2005, the EAS brings together all member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as well as Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and the United States.

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