Duterte’s drive has won popular support at home but the killings have drawn expressions of concern from the United States, a close Philippine ally, and the United Nations. Numerous world’s nations agreed to the pact during a summit late previous year in Paris.
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“I assured everybody that there are only two options there: We go to fight, which we can not afford at all, or talk”, he added.
Talking about trade with ASEAN, the US President said, “With their strategic location along vital trade routes, the ten ASEAN nations are critical to peace and prosperity not only in the Asia-pacific but to the world”.
“That’s the agreement”, Duterte said.
Duterte, who cancelled meetings at the Asean Summit in Laos earlier this week due to a family illness, will return to Manila leaving the Halim Perdanakusuma airport in East Jakarta at 8.15 p.m.
“In the Philippines, it’s not allowed too, that’s why I said that, maybe there are sharks around and just feed them to the sharks”.
Speaking in Laos at the end of the second of two Asian summits, Obama said the tycoon’s lack of leadership credentials was exposed whenever he spoke and American voters were aware of that.
The State Department on Tuesday objected to the “tone” of the rhetoric, saying it had raising questions about whether a productive conversation with the Philippine government on such issues. “And that’s going to consistently be our message going forward”, Toner told reporters in Washington.
President Barack Obama says a determination to defeat communism in Southeast Asia may have led US policymakers to not think carefully enough about the implications of their decisions. Local authorities contended that the man, believed to be a treasure hunter, was evacuated to the US without their consent.
After President Duterte’s departure speech before he flew to Laos from Davao, he replied to a question from an global wire agency asking how he would respond to a question of President Obama on extrajudicial killings.
“Putang ina literally means “whore mother” and when used in Filipino, is more of an expletive expression of annoyance, dissatisfaction or anger … like “shit” or “damn it”, said Jason Paul Laxamana, a filmmaker who does Tagalog-English subtitles for Filipino movies. He even threatened to give a senior State Department official “a beating” if he came to the city. I repeat: “The Philippines will pursue an independent foreign policy”.
Duterte’s visit to Jakarta is part of his first worldwide tour after becoming president in June.
“I watched the whole speech and it doesn’t sound like he was directing it to anyone”, he said.
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Yasay, however, insisted that the relationship between the countries is firm and strong. Now, it’s a very different system and I don’t happen to like that system.
