From the Philippine News Agency (Oct 25): PH, Russia ink 2 defense pacts
Highlighting their deepening ties, the Philippines and Russia signed two agreements on the sidelines of the 4th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defense Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) - Plus on Tuesday.
This took place at the ASEAN Convention Center in Clark, Pampanga.
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Russian Defense Minister General Sergey Shoygu signed an agreement on a military technical cooperation between the two countries.
The document contained provisions on various areas of the cooperation such as research, production support, as well as a possible exchange of experts and training of personnel for joint programs.
In addition, the two governments also signed a contract for the Philippines’ procurement of defense articles from Rosoboronexport, a Russian state-owned company.
Lorenzana and Rosoboronexport director-general Alexander A. Mikheev signed the agreement.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php/articles/1013862
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