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Naypyidaw - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barack Obama spoke briefly to each other once again upon completion of the East Asia Summit, an Interfax correspondent reported.

No details of Medvedev’s conversation with Obama were given.

Ahead of the summit’s opening ceremony on Wednesday, the Russian prime minister also spoke to the U.S. president and held meetings with the Sultan of Brunei, the prime ministers of India and Japan, as well as the UN secretary general.

On completion of the East Asia Summit in Myanmar, Obama will travel to Brisbane, Australia, to attend a G20 summit. Russian President Vladimir Putin will be present there as well. Earlier this week, Putin and Obama attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Beijing, where they met briefly on the sidelines of the event.