United States President Barack Obama on Thursday (Manila time) shrugged off the tirades launched against him by President Rodrigo Duterte.
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“I don’t take these comments personally because it seems the phrase is used repeatedly including [the one] directed at the Pope. It seems to be just a habit,” Obama said in a televised press conference at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit in Vientiene, Laos.
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Obama said he met briefly with Duterte on Wednesday night.
“I did shake hands with President Duterte last night,” Obama said.
“It was not a long interaction,” he added.
Obama said he is willing to partner with the Philippines on addressing the drug problem in the country.
“We wanna partner with the Philippines on [the war against] narco-traffickers,” he said. TVJ/rga
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