A free trade deal between 16 Asia-Pacific nations is not expected to be signed before 2019, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore, hosting the ASEAN regional summit, said Wednesday.

Russia pays great attention to the development of its ties with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, stressing that the two sides were harmonizing approaches toward key problems of the Pacific Rim

The ten members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are achieving overall booming growth rates of 5.2 percent this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a report on Thursday.

Malaysia supports Russia's fight against terrorism in Syria, the country's Defense Minister Mohamad Sabu said Saturday

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has arrived in Singapore to take part in the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus), Shoigu's spokeswoman Rossiyana Markovskaya said on Friday.

The 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit, focused on sustainable development and connectivity, is wrapping up its second day on Friday in Brussels.

Russia and Cambodia will compare their positions on the international and regional issues on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Brussels, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.

The Cambodian authorities will resume the program allowing the United States to search for the remains of US personnel missing in the Asian country since the Vietnam War, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Saturday.