The Philippines has transferred 5000 Kalashnikov assault rifles and 5000 helmets SSh-68 According to the Department of Information and Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on October 25, 2017, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu and Philippine President Rodrigo Duteret participated in the ceremony of handing over to the Philippine party of the party military products, including small arms, as well as army trucks delivered from the Russian Federation.
The ceremony was held in the port of Manila aboard the BCP "Admiral Panteleev" of the Pacific Fleet. Earlier on Wednesday, the head of the Russian Defense Ministry, who is on an official visit to the Philippines, laid a wreath at the monument to the national hero of the country, Jose Protasio Risalu.
On Tuesday [October 24], an agreement was signed between the governments of Russia and the Philippines on military-technical cooperation. The document was signed by Sergei Shoigu and the head of the military department of the Philippines, Delfin Lorenzana. The agreement was signed on the margins of the Fourth Defense Ministers Meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Dialogue Partners ("SMOA Plus") in Clark (Philippines).
A detachment of Pacific Fleet ships under the command of the deputy commander of the Maritime Flotilla of the various forces of Rear Admiral Eduard Mikhailov, as part of the Admiral Vinogradov BCP, Admiral Panteleev and the tanker Boris Butoma, arrived in Manila a few days ago.
In total, seafarers of the Pacific Fleet during the campaign, which will last about four months, will make nine unofficial visits and business visits to foreign ports. The main goal is the demonstration of the St. Andrew's flag in the Asia-Pacific region and the further development of naval cooperation with the APR countries. It is planned that the arrival of Russian ships in Manila will last until October 26.
The bmpd comment. Judging by the published certificate of acceptance (see below), during this transfer, the Filipino side received 20 Ural-4320 (6x6) trucks, 5000 Kalashnikov AKM (6P1) caliber 7.62 mm (in the certificate they are mistakenly designated as AK-74M), 1 million cartridges to them of caliber 7.62 mm with bullets 57-Н-231, and 5000 steel helmets СШ-68. The property was delivered to the Philippines by a large landing ship of the Pacific Fleet "Nikolay Vilkov" project 1171.
Also, in the presence of Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Alexander Mikheev, Director General of Rosoboronexport, and Philippine Defense Minister Dolphin Lorenzana signed a contract to supply the Philippines with a new production of Russian hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers RPG-7V and shots for them.
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