danang vietnam philippine president rodrigo duterte thank moscow friday timely assistance defeat pro-islamic state militants take southern city months express willingness buy russian weapons duterte last month declare liberation marawi city islamist militants 154 days fight kill 1,100 people include 165 soldier displace nearly 400,000 residents want build strong arm force strong police reason important know eye buy arm russia time duterte tell russian president vladimir putin sideline asia-pacific economic cooperation apec summit vietnam philippines buy 20,000 assault rifle unite state senators concern duterte human right record rise kill block sale china russia whose relations philippines vastly improve recent months donate total 11,000 assault rifle truck timely assistance country help us replenish old arm spend bore fire repeatedly new stock say transcripts send manila presidential communications office manila moscow sign military deal logistics include contract state-owned company supply equipment first-ever visit russian defense minister philippines last month philippines 125 billion pesos 2.44 billion fund modernize military 2018 2022 multi-year congressional allocation upgrade hardware senior military official tell reuters look helicopters small arm equipment humanitarian assistance disaster relief operations still discuss specifics say military official decline name authorize talk press still prefer u.s. western equipment expensive russians chinese equipment comparable quality excellent alternatives 'll buy arm russia philippines duterte tell putin