RUSSIA has expressed readiness to help the Philippines upgrade its ill-equipped military, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).

In a belated statement issued on Wednesday, the DFA said Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Alexander Fomin, director of the Federal Service for Military Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation, met in Moscow on Monday.

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