MANILA, Philippines — Executive Secretary Ralph Recto, Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella III, and Labor Secretary Francis Tolentino have been designated as government caretakers during President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s working visit to Kazan, Russia, Malacañang said Wednesday.
Marcos is en route to Kazan to participate in the Asean–Russia Commemorative Summit and hold a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
It is his first time in Russia, which comes 50 years after his father, then president Ferdinand Marcos Sr., visited the Soviet Republic in 1976.
"As Chair of Asean, the Philippines is committed to ensuring that this Commemorative Summit produces substantive and forward-looking outcomes that deepen Asean’s Strategic Partnership with Russia and contribute, in concrete terms, to regional peace, stability, and shared prosperity," Marcos said in his departure statement.
"Together with my fellow Asean Leaders and President Vladimir Putin, we will take stock of 35 years of Asean–Russia cooperation and help chart a course for the decades ahead," he added.
The summit will be held on June 17 and 18 in Kazan, where Asean leaders and Putin are expected to adopt key documents outlining future areas of cooperation between the regional bloc and Russia.
