Russia: ASEAN-Russia summit participants to sign partnership deals – Putin

The 'Sochi Declaration' and a 'Comprehensive Action Plan' were set to be adopted at a plenary meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-Russia summit, according to the meeting's chair Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Sochi on Friday.
Putin thanked those who worked on both "the Sochi Declaration and on the Comprehensive Action Plan for the development of Russian-ASEAN cooperation for 2016-2020."
The Russian leader also laid-out some of the shared issues facing the participating countries in the ASEAN-Russia conference, including the problems facing the world economy and international security issues. Putin went on to add that the discussions on a wide range of topics and were "not without purpose; many countries in the region have repeatedly faced extremism and terrorism and suffered from it," adding that these issues are in the group's "field of vision."
The Sochi Declaration outlines the objective of raising Russian-ASEAN ties to what Moscow calls a strategic partnership. The Comprehensive Action Plan for the development of Russian-ASEAN cooperation for 2016-2020 aims at ramping up trade and investment.