Philippines and Russia said they have identified key areas of economic and trade cooperation that they can strengthen ahead of President Rodrigo Duterte’s official visit to Moscow on May 25.

In a forum hosted Friday by the Management Association of the Philippines, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia said the possibilities for expanding Philippine-Russia economic and trade relations were in the areas of exports of food and other products; increase in tourist arrivals from Moscow and deployment of Filipino workers to Russia.

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