{"id":130875,"date":"2017-11-13T21:16:08","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T02:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=130875"},"modified":"2025-01-30T14:58:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T19:58:12","slug":"ph-ready-to-expand-ties-with-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/13\/ph-ready-to-expand-ties-with-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"PH ready to expand ties with Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_130877\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-130877\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DUTERTE-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-130877\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DUTERTE-1.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte  ROBINSON NI\u00d1AL JR.\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DUTERTE-1.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DUTERTE-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DUTERTE-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DUTERTE-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-130877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte ROBINSON NI\u00d1AL JR.\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong> \u2014 President Rodrigo Duterte expressed the Philippines&#8217; willingness to expand relations with Russia particularly in area of trade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have started an improvement of our friendship and the plan increases of our trade, expand it and I know that your country is seriously considering all of these things and we are happy that we can find a new market in the Euro &#8212; Eurasian front,\u201d President Duterte said in his opening remarks during his bilateral meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Monday, November 13.<\/p>\n<p>In a bid to boost trade relations, Duterte said the government intends to set up a place in Moscow where Filipinos can showcase their products for the Russians to see them.<\/p>\n<p>The President also thanked Russia for its assistance on a \u201ccrucial moment\u201d during the rebellion in Marawi City. \u201cWe were able to use the rifles and the arms that you gave us on time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Russian donated 5,000 units of AK-74M Kalashnikov assault rifles and one million units 1943-type cartridges with steel core bullets.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy periactin online <a href=\"https:\/\/gmaxind.com\/wordpress2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/svg\/periactin.html\">https:\/\/gmaxind.com\/wordpress2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/svg\/periactin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The President also brought up the topic of two Russian nationals namely Yuri Kirdyushkin and Anastasia Novopashina, who are currently detained in the Philippines due to drug-related charges.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy promethazine online <a href=\"https:\/\/gmaxind.com\/wordpress2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/svg\/promethazine.html\">https:\/\/gmaxind.com\/wordpress2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/svg\/promethazine.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would just like to say that we have a working functional justice system here and they will get a fair trial and that they will be detained in a comfortable house ,\u201d he said, noting that their cases are still under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether true or not, we will find out but I will see to it that they are treated fairly,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Prime Minister Medvedev said Russia is likewise ready to expand its ties with the Philippines in the areas of politics, cultural, trade and economic cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev said Russia is also willing to boost cooperation in fight against terrorism and extremism. He noted that Russia is willing to supply more weapons for the Philippines in order to maintain peace and order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;ll keep standing by your side. We\u2019ll keep assisting you,&#8221; said Medvedev.<\/p>\n<p>He then congratulated Philippines for its successful hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).<\/p>\n<p>He thanked Duterte for accommodating them in a late night bilateral meeting despite his very busy schedule in the ASEAN saying that it &#8220;points to a new level of partnership&#8221; between the two nations.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy methocarbamol online <a href=\"https:\/\/gmaxind.com\/wordpress2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/svg\/methocarbamol.html\">https:\/\/gmaxind.com\/wordpress2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/svg\/methocarbamol.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Following the bilateral meeting, the two leaders witnessed the signing of nine agreements including the Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters; Treaty on Extradition; Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the Department of Energy and the State Atomic Energy Corporation \u201cRosatom\u201d of the Russian Federation; Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Field of Mass Communications; Memorandum of Understanding on the Development of Cooperation in Transport Education; Memorandum of Understanding between the Commission on Higher Education of the Republic of the Philippines and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation; Memorandum of Understanding between the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines and the Federal Service for Intellectual Property of the Russian Federation; Agreement on Cooperation between the Commission on Audit of the Republic of the Philippines and the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation; and Agreement of Cooperation and Partnership between Philippine company Vi Holding LLC and Russian company Global Ferronickel Holdings Inc.\u00a0<em><strong>(PND)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2014 President Rodrigo Duterte expressed the Philippines&#8217; willingness to expand relations with Russia particularly in area of trade. \u201cWe &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":130877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[13135,512,32865,1671],"class_list":["post-130875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-president-rodrigo-duterte","tag-russia","tag-russian-prime-minister-dmitry-medvedev","tag-trade","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130875","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=130875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287060,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130875\/revisions\/287060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}