Several documents to be inked between Russia and ASEAN within the next few days will enable both sides to tap the full potential of their relationship, a senior Russian official said on Thursday in Luala Lumpur.

Russian Department of ASEAN and Asia-Pacific Regional Affairs Director, Alexander Ivanoz, said these would lay the legal foundation for a new era of ASEAN-Russia cooperation.

"We are sure that we have very important potentials not yet fully exploited in our relations," he told reporters at the end of the preparatory ASEAN-Russia Senior Officials Meeting here.

On Saturday, the ASEAN-Russia ministerial meeting will be marked by the signing of an agreement on economic and development cooperation while the joint declaration on progressive and comprehensive partnership is scheduled to be inked at the inaugural ASEAN-Russia Summit.

The meetings are to be held in conjunction with the 11th ASEAN Summit starting on Monday.

"We are sure that our leaders will discuss areas of cooperation between both parties as well as important international and regional topics," Ivanov said.

Russia has been a dialogue partner of ASEAN since 1996. ASEAN ( Association of Southeast Asia Nations) groups Cambodia, Brunei, Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam.

Source: Xinhua