S Korean Envoy Plans to Discuss President's Possible Visit to Russia With Putin

Song Young-gil, the special envoy of newly elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in, has said that he planned to discuss the timing of a possible visit of Moon to Russia during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin set for Wednesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Song is the last of four Moon's special envoys, who had been assigned to visit China, Japan, Russia and the United States, while three other envoys had already completed their missions.

"Tomorrow we have talks with President Vladimir Putin. During the talks we are going to discuss whether this meeting might take place or not. Perhaps Mr. Putin will offer a time frame," Song told reporters.

The South Korean envoy is expected to discuss bilateral agreements, the North Korean threat, as well as issues related to energy and Arctic shipping routes with the Russian president.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Tuesday that the newly-elected South Korean president's special envoy plans to meet Putin in Moscow on Wednesday.

"Tomorrow there will be a meeting… with the special envoy of the president of the Republic of Korea," Peskov told reporters.

Moon was inaugurated on May 10 after his victory in May 9 snap presidential election. The early election was held in South Korea due to the impeachment of Park Geun-hye over her involvement in a major corruption scandal.