{"id":104256,"date":"2017-05-26T22:14:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T02:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=104256"},"modified":"2017-05-26T22:14:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T02:14:35","slug":"russia-looking-for-more-engagements-with-asean-nations-says-defense-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/26\/russia-looking-for-more-engagements-with-asean-nations-says-defense-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia looking for more engagements with ASEAN nations, says defense chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_100482\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100482\" style=\"width: 229px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/SND-Lorenzana-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100482\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/SND-Lorenzana-1.jpg\" alt=\"Russia wants more engagements with ASEAN member states, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has said.  (Photo: Department of National Defense)\" width=\"229\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Russia wants more engagements with ASEAN member states, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has said. (Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnd.gov.ph\/the-secretary-2.html\">Department of National Defense<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2014 Russia wants more engagements with ASEAN member states, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think they would like to have an engagement with ASEAN and since we are the chairman now, maybe they would like to have a foothold maybe to deal with the other members of the ASEAN,&#8221; Lorenzana said when asked about the warming of security and defense ties between the Philippines and Russia, during an interview on PNA Exclusive in Moscow, Russia at about 2 p.m. Tuesday (7 p.m. in Manila).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In fact, they are already dealing with other members of ASEAN, like Vietnam, because they had a close relationship before. In fact, Vietnam has bought from them some military equipment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lorenzana was part of President Rodrigo Duterte&#8217;s four-day visit to Russia, a trip that was cut short by the fighting between Maute Group terrorists and military units in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the two nations signed an Agreement on Defense Cooperation that will pave the way for more exchanges between their defense establishments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2014 Russia wants more engagements with ASEAN member states, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has said. &#8220;I think they would &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":100688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,16,95],"tags":[12748],"class_list":["post-104256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-delfin-lorenzana","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}