MOSCOW. Oct 26 (Interfax) - South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong will pay a working visit to Russia on Wednesday and is scheduled to hold talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"The foreign ministers will discuss key issues of bilateral relations, including the intensification of political interaction at various levels as the epidemiological situation improves," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on its website published on Tuesday.
During the talks, "the parties will discuss trade and economic cooperation, including in the context of the implementation of President Moon Jae-in's Nine Bridges concept proposed at the third Eastern Economic Forum in 2017, covering cooperation in such areas as energy, transport, shipbuilding, agriculture, education and healthcare," the statement said. "The parties will focus on promoting joint investment projects in Siberia, the Far East and the Arctic," the Foreign Ministry said.
Additionally, one of the main topics at the upcoming talks will be joint efforts to combat the novel coronavirus infection and ensure sanitary and epidemic safety, the ministry said.
During the talks, the parties are also expected "to thoroughly exchange views on developments on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia as a whole."
"The Russian Federation and the Republic of Korea are committed to similar approaches to solving the whole range of problems of the sub-region, advocate their political and diplomatic settlement, and support the idea of an early resumption of the negotiation process between all parties involved," it said.
Other issues of the international and regional agenda, such as Russian-Korean cooperation in the United Nations and other multilateral organizations, will also be touched upon, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Additionally, during the South Korean foreign minister's visit, the closing ceremony of the Year of Mutual Exchanges, timed to the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and South Korea (September 30, 2020) and extended by decision of the two countries' leaders until the end of 2021, will take place, the ministry said.