Putin announced the mutual desire of Russia and ASEAN countries to strengthen partnership

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia and the ASEAN countries stand for strengthening partnerships and expanding cooperation, for the formation of a fair world order, and uphold the principles of sovereign equality of states and non-interference in internal affairs."The representative composition of the participants convincingly demonstrates the mutual desire of Russia and the states of Southeast Asia to strengthen the partnership, to bring it to a new, even more advanced level, to in every possible way increase mutually beneficial ties and contacts in politics and security, economics, trade and investment, cultural and humanitarian spheres,” Putin said, speaking at a gala reception in honor of the heads of delegations participating in the Russia-ASEAN summit.