PHL Ambassador to Russia Meets Interfax Editors

Philippine Ambassador to Russia Carlos D. Sorreta, together with Vice Consul Catherine F. Alpay, discuss Interfax’s interests in featuring more Philippines news with foreign policy correspondent Ms. Veronika Vishnyakova (leftmost) and foreign policy desk Editor-in-Chief Ms. Olga Golovanova (second from left).

The Ambassador is given a briefing of the history of the Interfax building and a tour of the different news sections by Ms. Vishnyakova.

30 August 2017 — Philippine Ambassador to Russia Carlos D. Sorreta met with correspondents and editors of Interfax led by Ms. Olga Golovanova, Editor-in-Chief of the Foreign Policy Desk, during his visit to the media organization’s headquarters in Moscow on August 18.

During the visit, Ambassador Sorreta was interviewed by Interfax correspondent Ms. Veronika Vishnyakova. The Philippines’ top envoy to Russia discussed updates on the situation in the country, as well as current developments in PH-RF bilateral relations.

Interfax is one of the leading fully-independent media organizations in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Reportedly, Interfax became the most frequently cited Russian news agency in foreign and domestic media for the first half of 2017.

For more information, visit www.moscowpe.dfa.gov.ph. END