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ASEAN interested in energy cooperation with Russia - minister

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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is interested in developing energy cooperation with Russia, including in the nuclear sector, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is interested in developing energy cooperation with Russia, including in the nuclear sector, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday.

"Our partners have paid special interest to nuclear energy... as well as to the possibilities of developing of geothermal energy," Lavrov told journalists after the Russia-ASEAN summit in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi.

"The prospects are good, we will work them out as part of our road map for 2010-2015," Lavrov said.

Other issues discussed included the fight against terrorism, organized crime and drug, he added.

The minister announced earlier on Saturday that Russia will be a regular member of the ASEAN summits from 2011 onwards.

 

HANOI, October 30 (RIA Novosti)

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