Previously, Mr. Duterte indicated that Philippines isn’t a subject of the United States, but a sovereign country and indicated that the war against drugs he initiated will continue.
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expresses regret for a tirade against Barack Obama in which he called the United States leader a “son of a whore”. Duterte’s statement said that both sides had “mutually agreed to postpone” it. “I hope our president will soon realize that diplomacy is always part and parcel of a country’s foreign policy and being the country’s leader, he shapes that policy”. “God, do not do it”. You must be respectful.
After Washington called off Tuesday’s bilateral meeting between Obama and Duterte in response to his latest comment, the Philippines issued two statements expressing regret and also briefed reporters. Year-to-date, the iShares MSCI Philippines ETF (EPHE) has gained 17.3%.
Duterte had previously also branded the USA ambassador to Manila a “gay son of a whore”, and sought to taint the reputation of Pope Francis’s mother in similar fashion.
But both sides have moved closer in recent years and Obama’s visit – the first by a USA president to Laos – is being hailed as a landmark opportunity to reset ties. I do not have any master except the Filipino people. Do not throw questions.
Son of a whore, I will curse you in that forum,”Duterte said shortly before flying to Laos to attend the summit”. At issue are the estimated 2,400 killings committed by police and vigilantes since Duterte was inaugurated June 30, according to National Police figures. The U.S. provides hundreds of millions of dollars in annual assistance to the Philippine military.
He also referred to the United State’s previous colonisation of the country claiming that the USA had not apologised for its apparent misdeeds during its colonial rule.
His recent campaign to execute those involved in drug trafficking caused the United Nations to criticise him for the surge in killings.
Duterte has had a troubled relation with the United States, criticizing its inability to stop violence in the Middle East and Africa, and citing US police shootings of black Americans.
He has also taken on a more conciliatory position with USA rival China.
Duterte is also planning to ask China’s premier at the Vientiane meetings whether China is trying to develop a disputed reef, Scarborough Shoal, off the Philippines’ northwestern coast, Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said.
Obama, who was in China for a Group of 20 meeting, departed Monday for Laos, becoming the first US president to visit the nation.
Duterte has had a troublesome relation with the United States, questioning its inability to stop genocidal killings in the Middle East and Africa, and citing US police shootings of black Americans that have set off protests.
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He added that a meeting with the USA had been “mutually agreed upon to be moved to a later date”.
