(Eagle News) — Russia is being eyed as a new destination for Overseas Filipino Workers.
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III made the statement on Wednesday, April 26.
“Negotiations with (the) Russian Federation are ongoing….,” he said, noting that a technical working group was already looking at Russia’s labor market policies.
Members of the TWG, Bello said, will meet to hopefully come up with a pact on the deployment of OFWs in Russia, where the labor chief said there was a demand for construction and household service workers.
Earlier, Russian Ambassador to Manila Igor Anatolyyevich Khovaev and Bello agreed to come up with “a solid legal basis for cooperation” to benefit Filipino workers.
“We are glad we had (a) preliminary discussion on various labor issues and concerns of mutual interest to both countries,” Bello said.
Since President Rodrigo Duterte assumed the presidency, he has vowed to improve relations with Russia.