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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