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Vladimir Putin held talks with President Thongloun Sisoulith of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, who visited Russia on an official visit.

Following the talks, the leaders made media statements. Before that, a ceremony was held to exchange documents signed during the Laotian President’s official visit to Russia.

The following instruments have been signed: a Treaty between the Russian Federation and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters; memoranda of understanding between corresponding agencies on cooperation in water resources management and protection, and in general, vocational, and professional training, as well as other fields; memoranda on cooperation in ensuring sanitary and epidemiological well-being and a 2025–2026 Roadmap for cooperation between Rosatom State Corporation and the LPDR’s Ministry of Industry and Trade on the peaceful use of atomic energy. Two more documents concern cooperation between the Foreign Ministry’s MGIMO University and the National University of Laos and the Laotian Foreign Ministry’s Institute of International Relations.