"The leaders exchanged congratulations on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and the Philippines, celebrated this year, and stressed the traditionally friendly and mutually beneficial nature of bilateral ties," the message says.
It is noted that the parties discussed topical issues of the bilateral agenda, as well as deepening cooperation in trade, economic, scientific, technological and humanitarian fields.
“Particular attention is paid to the problems of combating the spread of coronavirus infection.
It was agreed to establish cooperation through the relevant departments, including on the supply of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine to the Philippines, "the Kremlin added.
At the end of March, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Philippine Foreign Minister Teodoro Loksin held telephone talks, during which they discussed the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.