SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in planned to visit Russia in early September to hold a summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Moon's office said Tuesday.

Presidential spokesman Park Soo-hyun told a press briefing that Moon will visit the Russian city of Vladivostok from Sept. 6 to Sept. 7 to attend the upcoming Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).

During the visit, the South Korean leader will deliver a keynote speech at the forum, which was established in 2015, and hold a bilateral summit meeting with the Russian president, the spokesman said.

The EEF is a regional forum for cooperation between political and business leaders from Russia and the Asia-Pacific countries.

President Moon will participate in the U.N. General Assembly in mid-September to deliver a keynote speech during the session, according to Moon's office.

The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a new resolution toughening sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in response to Pyongyang's test-launch in July of what it called an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

During the UN speech, Moon was forecast to send a message to encourage the DPRK to stop further provocations and return to a dialogue table for the denuclearized Korean Peninsula. Enditem

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