IN BRIEF: Major speech at EEF and series of int’l meetings at SCO summit: Putin’s schedule

MOSCOW, August 28. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay a visit to Bishkek on August 31 and September 1 to attend a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov told reporters.

After that, the president will travel to Russia’s Far Eastern city of Vladivostok to take part in the 11th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF). According to Ushakov, Putin will speak at the EEF plenary session on September 3.

TASS has summed up the Kremlin aide’s key statements.

Meeting with Lukashenko

Presidents of Russia and Belarus, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, will hold an informal meeting following their talks on Saturday