Russian, S. Korean presidents to discuss cooperation, Korean peninsula affairs on Nov 13 - Kremlin aide
MOSCOW. Nov 8 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and South Korean President Park Geun-hye will meet in Seoul on November 13 to discuss ways to broaden economic cooperation, as well as an international agenda, including the situation on the Korean peninsula.
Putin will travel to South Korea on the invitation of President Park Geun-hye, elected on December 19 2012. It will be Putin's second meeting with the South Korean president following their talks on the sidelines of the G20 summit in St. Petersburg on September 6.
"The South Korean president said shortly after her election that she would work to deepen contacts with the Russian leadership. We received an invitation to pay a visit to South Korea during the first weeks following her election," Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov told reporters.
Putin will be accompanied by a unprecedented representative delegation of Russian businessmen which will take part in a Russian-Korean business forum, he said.
"The business forum will be of a colossal significance," Ushakov said, adding that Putin plans to address Russian and South Korean businessmen and possibly answer questions.
"Talks between the Russian and South Korean presidents will also deal with trade and economic cooperation," he said.
A joint statement will be adopted and a package of intergovernmental, interagency and commercial agreements is to be signed, including memorandums on establishing joint investment-financial platforms with Vnesheconombank and the Russian Direct Investment Fund.
The Russian and South Korean presidents are expected to discuss "pressing international and regional issues with an emphasis on the resumption of the six-party talks on the nuclear problem of the Korean peninsula," Ushakov said.
Putin will dedicate a monument to the great Russian poet and writer Alexander Pushkin in the center of Seoul and take part in a Russia - South Korea Dialogue forum," he said.
