Visit to Russia - May 2016

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made a working visit to Russia from 17 to 20 May 2016. PM Lee visited Moscow from 17 to 19 May 2016, and Sochi from 19 to 20 May 2016 to attend the ASEAN-Russia Commemorative Summit. This was PM Lee’s first bilateral visit to Russia.

In Moscow, PM Lee met with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin, and Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission Tigran Sargsyan. PM Lee also met with the Singapore community in Moscow.

In Sochi, PM Lee attended the ASEAN-Russia Commemorative Summit to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of ASEAN-Russia relations. PM Lee also called on President Vladimir Putin, and had meetings with Vietnam PM Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and Indonesian President Joko Widodo on the side-lines of the Summit.

(ST Photos © Singapore Press Holdings Limited. Reproduced with permission; MCI Photos by Kenji Soon; PMO Photo)


  • PM Lee Hsien Loong met with PM Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow on 19 May 2016 (ST Photo © Singapore Press Holdings. Reproduced with permission.)
  • PM Lee Hsien Loong met the Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin in Russia on 18 May 2016 (MCI Photo by Kenji Soon)
  • PM Lee Hsien Loong and Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission Tigran Sargsy witnessed the signing of an MOU in Moscow on 18 May 2016 (MCI Photo by Kenji Soon)
  • PM Lee Hsien Loong met with the Singaporean community in Moscow on 17 May 2016 (MCI Photo by Kenji Soon)
  • PM Lee Hsien Loong attended the ASEAN Russia Commemorative Summit in May 2016 (MCI Photo by Kenji Soon)
  • PM Lee Hsien Loong called on called on Russian President Vladimir Putin on the side-lines of the ASEAN Russia Commemorative Summit in May 2016 (MCI Photo by Kenji Soon)
  • PM Lee Hsien Loong met with Vietnam PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on the side-lines of the ASEAN Russia Commemorative Summit in May 2016 (MCI Photo by Kenji Soon)
  • PM Lee Hsien Loong met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on the side-lines of the ASEAN Russia Commemorative Summit in May 2016 (PMO Photo)
  • PM Lee Hsien Loong met with PM Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow on 19 May 2016 (ST Photo © Singapore Press Holdings. Reproduced with permission.)
  • PM Lee Hsien Loong met the Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin in Russia on 18 May 2016 (MCI Photo by Kenji Soon)
  • PM Lee Hsien Loong and Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission Tigran Sargsy witnessed the signing of an MOU in Moscow on 18 May 2016 (MCI Photo by Kenji Soon)
  • PM Lee Hsien Loong met with the Singaporean community in Moscow on 17 May 2016 (MCI Photo by Kenji Soon)
  • PM Lee Hsien Loong attended the ASEAN Russia Commemorative Summit in May 2016 (MCI Photo by Kenji Soon)
  • PM Lee Hsien Loong called on called on Russian President Vladimir Putin on the side-lines of the ASEAN Russia Commemorative Summit in May 2016 (MCI Photo by Kenji Soon)
  • PM Lee Hsien Loong met with Vietnam PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on the side-lines of the ASEAN Russia Commemorative Summit in May 2016 (MCI Photo by Kenji Soon)
  • PM Lee Hsien Loong met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on the side-lines of the ASEAN Russia Commemorative Summit in May 2016 (PMO Photo)

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