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Duterte urges Asian leaders “to continue peaceful co-existence”

November 14, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte urged his fellow leaders to continue nurturing peaceful co-existence in the Southeast and East Asian region. “I urge my fellow leaders to continue nurturing peaceful co-existence, particularly within the ASEAN Plus Three, where we consider ourselves as

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Duterte fails to attend ASEAN-UN Summit

November 14, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte failed to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and United Nations Summit on Monday night due to the conflict on his schedules, his spokesman said on Tuesday. Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano represented Duterte in the ASEAN-UN meeting

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Duterte assures Russia of “working functional justice system” as 2 countries ink 9 deals

November 14, 2017

The Philippines and Russia have signed nine agreements on politics, trade and culture. This as President Rodrigo Duterte assured Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev of the “working functional justice system” in the Philippines as two Russians have been facing trial

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Japan vows to strengthen cooperation with ASEAN

November 13, 2017

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to deepen cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in various areas such as maritime security, defense, trade, infrastructure development, combating terrorism, disaster risk reduction and cultural exchanges. Abe made the commitment

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Philippines, Japan exchange notes on Metro Manila subway project

November 13, 2017

The Philippines and Japan exchanged notes on Monday on the first subway project in Metro Manila, which could be considered as one step closer to implementing the project. President Rodrigo Duterte and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe witnessed the exchange of notes

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In bilateral meeting with Abe, Duterte says it’s not to interest of North Korea to “swagger around, threaten world” with nuclear weapons

November 13, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday it is not to North Korea’s interest to “swagger around and threaten the world” with its nuclear weapons. Duterte made the statement during his 30-minute bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the sidelines

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ASEAN, China to start code of conduct talks on South China Sea

November 13, 2017

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China on Monday night announced the start of negotiations for a proposed code of conduct in the South China Sea. “Leaders of ASEAN and China Leaders have agreed to start talks on the Code of Conduct based

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ASEAN discussed Rohingya issue in plenary: Roque

November 13, 2017

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque clarified that members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is yet to comment on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmmar Rakhine state. “Let me make a clarification. ASEAN has not issued any statement as of yet,”

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