Russian state television reported that Putin will visit Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, and then hold talks with Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Moscow.
In Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, Putin will meet President Emomali Rahmon, a close ally of Moscow and the most surviving president of a former Soviet republic.
It is expected that Putin will attend, according to a Russian television correspondent, in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, a summit that includes the leaders of the countries bordering the Caspian Sea, namely Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iran and Turkmenistan.
Putin’s last known trip abroad was a visit to Beijing in early February, where he and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping unveiled a “borderless” friendship treaty hours before they attended the opening of the Winter Olympics in the Chinese capital.
Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, which began on February 24, has killed thousands of people, displaced millions more from their homes and prompted the West to impose harsh financial sanctions on Moscow.
The Russian president says the sanctions will build stronger trade ties with other countries such as China, India and Iran.
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