MOSCOW, November 10. /TASS/. The Russian delegation at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Meeting, slated to be held in San Francisco on November 15-17, will be led by Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk, said Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

"On instructions from the president [Vladimir Putin of Russia], Deputy Prime Minister [Alexey] Overchuk will head the Russian delegation," Peskov told reporters.

At last year’s summit in Bangkok, Thailand, Moscow was represented by First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov, while in the two previous years Putin addressed the APEC summits via video link, as the events were held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Putin last led the Russian delegation in person at the 2017 APEC summit, which brought Asia-Pacific leaders together in Da Nang, Vietnam.

Russia has played host to an APEC summit on one occasion. Then-US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headed the US delegation to the APEC Summit 2012 in Vladivostok.