[Photo] Xi Jinping and Shinzo Abe to individually meet with Putin at Eastern Economic Forum

The 4th Eastern Economic Forum will be held in Vladivostok, Russia, on Sept. 11-13. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are on the list of expected attendees. Both Xi and Abe are scheduled for individual meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss measures related to denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and complications in North Korea-US relations.

While South Korean President Moon Jae-in will not be attending the forum, Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon will be attending in the president’s stead. Kim Yong-jae, Ministry of Foreign Economic Affairs will be attending in place of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The photo shows Xi and Putin at the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, in July 2017.