September 3, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center right, and President of the People's Democratic Republic of Laos Choummaly Sayasone, center left, meet at the Diaoyutai residence in Beijing. From right: Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak, Presidential Press Secretary and Deputy Head of the Presidential Executive Office Dmitry Peskov, Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
