(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said the Philippines would receive 5,000 firearms from a “friendly country.”
In a speech during the inauguration of a shooting range in Davao, Duterte did not say which country this was, but said the firearms would be received “in the next few days.”
“We will survive and we will win this pocket wars. And we will be a great nation someday,” the President said.
In October, Russia donated 5000 Kalashnikovs, 1 million rounds of ammunition, 20 multipurpose vehicles and 5,000 steel helmets to the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
This came on the heels of the signing of an agreement to boost military ties between the two countries.
China has also donated defense equipment to the Philippines in a gesture of friendship.
