(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte detailed his meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in a press conference late Wednesday (November 23) after his arrival from Lima, Peru.
“We discussed ways of broadening and intensifying economic aid. We didn’t talk about military,” Duterte said.
The Chief Executive said he was also keen to visit Russia upon Putin’s invitation.
“I welcome the invitation of President Putin to visit Russia and have directed the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and of the Defense to undertake an advance visit soonest to firm up a substantive agenda with Moscow,” he said.
On the other hand, Duterte met with Chinese counterpart Xi to ramp up the implementation of economic agreements during his visit to Beijing last month.
“President Xi Jinping and I directed officials of both of our governments to use coordinating mechanisms established to ensure the timely follow up and implementation of the agreement,” he said.
“In my engagement with foreign business leaders, I also made it clear that the Philippines is now introducing economic and fiscal reforms as part of our need approach to make it a world stop investment of choice,” he added.
