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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Meets with Philippine President Gloria Arroyo
PRESS RELEASE
On September 23, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, who is attending the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly in New York, met with President Gloria Arroyo of the Republic of the Philippines.
Certain international problems were looked at with emphasis on the situation in the Asia-Pacific Region and on Russian-ASEAN cooperation in the context of the performance by the Philippines of its functions as coordinator for the Russia-ASEAN Dialogue Partnership. The mutual interest in augmenting further interaction and partnership in the political, trade, economic and other fields was reaffirmed.
September 24, 2008