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🗓 On December 21, at the invitation of the Council of Young Diplomats of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇷🇺 young diplomats of the #ASEAN Member States’ Embassies in Moscow took part in a New Year cultural tour to Sergiev Posad ❄️🪆. During the tour, the diplomats got acquainted with the center of Russian Orthodoxy - the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra, learned about the life of its founder, St. Sergius of Radonezh. Representatives of Cambodia 🇰🇭, Indonesia 🇮🇩, Laos 🇱🇦, Malaysia 🇲🇾, Myanmar 🇲🇲, Singapore 🇸🇬, Thailand 🇹🇭 and Vietnam 🇻🇳 inquired about the prospects of establishing contacts with Sergiev Posad as an attractive destination for tourists from Southeast Asia. 🎄The diplomats expressed hope for strengthening ASEAN-Russia socio-cultural cooperation including the youth contacts in 2025.