(Bloomberg) -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will visit Russia next month, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin told lawmakers on Thursday.
Locsin said Duterte will make up for his 2017 visit, which was cut short after deadly clashes between government troops and militants linked to the Islamic State prompted him to place the southern Philippine island of Mindanao under martial law.
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