PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin via telephone, Malacañang confirmed on Tuesday.

Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. made the confirmation after Duterte's former aide and now Sen. Christopher Lawrence "Bong '' Go first announced the scheduled phone conversation between the President and Putin.

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