Music Room, Malacañan Palace
August 19, 2019

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte received Ambassador Igor Khovaev of the Russian Federation (RU) to the Philippines and Mr. Alexander Mikheev, Director-General of the Joint Stock Company (JSC) Rosoboronexport, in a courtesy call at the Music Room in Malacañan Palace.

The Chief Executive was joined in the courtesy call by Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr., Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato dela Peña, Senator Christopher Lawrence ‘Bong’ Go, Special Envoy to the Russian Federation Olivia Limpe-Aw, DFA-Office of European Affairs Executive Director Elizabeth Te, and DFA-Office of European Affairs Director Adrian Elmer Cruz.

The Russian Federation (RU) side was represented by Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Nikitin (Military, Air, and Naval Attache), RU Embassy in the Philippines First Secretary Denis Abrashin, JSC Rosoboronexport Deputy Director-General Alexander Shcherbinin, and JSC Rosoboronexport Consultant, Marketing Department, Stanislav Mukhin.

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