Russian Ambassador-Designate Pays Courtesy Call on Secretary Locsin 

(Photo by DFA-OSCR Philip Adrian Fernandez)

PASAY CITY 26 November 2020 -- Ambassador-designate of the Russian Federation to the Philippines Marat Pavlov paid a courtesy call on Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr. on 25 November 2020 at the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Secretary Locsin welcomed the Ambassador-designate and shared his appreciation on the reinvigorated relations between the Philippines and Russia.  Both reviewed the overall status of relations between the two countries and agreed to work together to further boost ties and cooperation in the areas of security, trade and investment, space cooperation, information and technology, and health, particularly with regard to the availability of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V for the Philippines. END