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Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte Threatens To Leave UN by Ubongusoro(m): 7:31am On Sep 06, 2016 |
President Barack Obama has cancelled a
meeting with controversial Philippine
President Rodrigo Duterte, who had earlier
called him a "son of a LovePeddler".
Mr Duterte was responding to the US president's
promise to raise the issue of drug-related extra-
judicial killings in the Philippines at their
meeting.
The Filipino leader is known for his colourful
language, though this time it has had a
diplomatic impact, correspondents say.
He has now said he regrets the remark.
"While the immediate cause was my strong
comments to certain press questions that
elicited concern and distress, we also regret that
it came across as a personal attack on the US
president," a statement by his office said.
Both presidents are among leaders gathering for
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(Asean ) summit in Laos.
Duterte's apology: Analysis by Karishma
Vaswani in Laos
Mr Duterte has been forced to apologise for
offensive comments before, but this is the first
time he has had to confront the reality of his
outlandish behaviour on the international stage
It is the president's first overseas trip - an
opportunity that many leaders would have used
to cement ties with neighbouring countries and
superpowers like China and the US.
Instead Mr Duterte has had to spend his first
day here saying "Sorry" on a global platform.
At the heart of this is the fact that Mr Duterte
isn't used to being told what to do; and that he
likes to display machismo and bravado, which
plays well to his domestic audience.
But when he sits down for serious discussions
with his Asean counterparts over the next
couple of days, they'll be looking for Asian
discretion and subtlety, not diplomacy Duterte-
style.
Duterte: From 'Punisher' to president
Duterte in quotes
What's the point of Asean?
How the row escalated
Mr Obama, who flew to Laos after attending the
G20 meeting in Hangzhou, China, had been set
to raise concerns about human rights abuses in
the Philippines.
But speaking in Manila on Monday before he left
for Laos, Mr Duterte bristled at the suggestion,
saying it was "rude" and cursing the US
president.
"Putang ina (son of a LovePeddler) I will swear at you
in that forum."
He added that: "We will be wallowing in the
mud like pigs if you do that to me."
He then referred to the anti-drugs campaign
that has led to the killing of 2,400 suspected
drug dealers and users in the Philippines since
he took office in June.
"The campaign against drugs will continue. Many
will die, plenty will be killed until the last pusher
is out of the streets....until the [last] drug
manufacturer is killed we will continue." BBC News |
Re: Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte Threatens To Leave UN by cckris: 7:39am On Sep 06, 2016 |
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Re: Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte Threatens To Leave UN by uniklinkum(m): 8:46am On Sep 06, 2016 |
This loser is the exact protege of demagogues like trump, farage, Marie le pen and frau apfel. 1 Like |
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