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Russia open to further elevate agri cooperation with PH—envoy

Published Apr 23, 2025 04:45 am

At A Glance

  • The envoy was the speaker for the Department of Foreign Affairs-Foreign Service Institute's (DFA-FSI) Ambassadors' Lecture Series, a platform for the heads of diplomatic missions in Manila to share knowledge, priorities, and advocacies.

Russia is looking at increasing its agricultural cooperation with the Philippines, particularly in importing agricultural products such as avocado, banana, seafood, and meat, Russian Ambassador to Manila Marat Pavlov said on Wednesday, April 23.

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Russian Ambassador to the Philippines Marat Pavlov gives a lecture on “The Current State and Perspectives of the Russia-Philippines Relations” held at the Department of Affairs (DFA) office in Pasay City on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (Raymund Antonio/MANILA BULLETIN)

The envoy was the speaker for the Department of Foreign Affairs-Foreign Service Institute’s (DFA-FSI) Ambassadors’ Lecture Series, a platform for the heads of diplomatic missions in Manila to share knowledge, priorities, and advocacies.

“We could find a way and continue to trade with the Philippines,” he said in the lecture entitled “The Current State and Perspectives of the Russia-Philippines Relations,” held in Pasay City.

Citing the current geopolitical situation in the region, the ambassador shared that Russia “proposed different kinds of areas” of cooperation with the Philippines, particularly in the fields of agriculture, nuclear energy, science, maritime, and economy.

“So, it is up to the Philippine side to consider our openness and to propose something concrete,” Pavlov said.

But chief in Moscow’s plan is to allow more Philippine agricultural products to enter the Russian market.

“Avocado, besides just existing market for bananas. I mentioned dried mango for many grocery stores, your beautiful product,” he told some members of the Philippine media present after the lecture.

“It is a negotiation process regarding, for example, fish and tuna, why not? Fish and seafood, it could be possible, but it should be negotiated,” the ambassador added.

And while “it takes two to tango,” the envoy stressed that agricultural cooperation is a “very interesting and promising area” for the Philippine-Russia ties.

“Every cooperation we can share with Filipino partners could be very interesting for us, of course, taking into account the geopolitical situation,” Pavlov said.

Earlier this month, the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) announced that traders can now supply locally produced Hass avocados, calamansi, and okra to Russia in a bid to expand the Philippines’ global market presence.

The opening of market access to Russia was born from the 2022 meeting between the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the representative of the Russian Federation to the Philippines to discuss trade relations and technical collaborations.

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