Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the Republic of Korea is planned for next year, Federation Council (upper house) Speaker Valentina Matviyenko told journalists on Saturday following her official visit to Seoul, TASS reports.
"Vladimir V. (Putin) accepted the invitation of President of the Republic of Korea (Moon Jae-in), and the visit is planned for next year. Now the task is to coordinate the time through the foreign ministries," she said. Matviyenko stressed that "it will take time" to prepare the trip to make it "a meaningful visit." After the preparations made, and the timing coordinated, "such a visit is likely to take place next year," she added.
According to the upper house speaker, Putin’s visit to South Korea will follow the visit of "DPRK leader Kim Jong-un to Russia planned by the yearend." "Of course, President (Putin’s) visit to the Republic of Korea will take place after that visit as it is planned for next year," she noted.
