VIENTIANE (Sputnik) — Medvedev and Key exchanged greetings in front of the media and proceeded to a meeting behind closed doors.
On Wednesday, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Prikhodko said that economic cooperation would be on the agenda of the prime ministers' talks, adding that a potential free trade deal between the Eurasian Economic Union and New Zealand was also likely to be discussed.
The 11th EAS summit kicked off on Wednesday and lasts two days. 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.
