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Philippines, Russia to advance military-to-military engagement

2016-09-16 09:06:43       source:Global Times

September 15, 2016


"The Philippines and Russia want to deepen their military-to-military cooperation, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Wednesday.

Already, the foreign department said in a statement that defense officials from the Philippines and Russia started discussions last week on possible defense cooperation especially in the areas of military education, counter-terrorism and humanitarian assistance and disaster response.

Philippine Defense Undrsecretary for Finance and Materiel Raymundo Elefante met with Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov on Sept. 7 in Moscow at the sidelines of the International Military-Technical Forum Army 2016, the foreign department said."


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