Sochi will host a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in May 2016.
"The first meeting of culture ministers in our history in Sochi will be a very important event," Interfax cited the Deputy Minister of Culture Alla Manilova as saying.
The Russia-ASEAN summit will be held in Sochi on May 19-20 to start consultations with the SCO members and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on the possibility of establishing a potential economic partnership.
