Just before President Rodrigo Duterte flies to Moscow on Monday afternoon, he will meet with Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon in Davao City.
Park serves as South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s special envoy to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Park will convey to President Duterte the Korean president’s message that he wants to meet the Philippine leader on the sidelines of the ASEAN Leader’s Summit in November.
The Korean diplomat will also seek more security for South Koreans living in the Philippines.
Duterte will see Park at Davao International Airport.
The highlight of the President’s five-day trip to Russia is his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Putin and Duterte first met at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Peru last November.
