In a speech at the Valdai Discussion Club, a prestigious think-tank forum held annually in Russia since 2004, Mr. Duterte accused Washington of having “double standards,” saying it imposes on developing countries rules that it doesn’t observe.Showing no signs of fatigue from back-to-back air travels and the long drive to the mountaintop ski resort for his bilateral meeting with Putin and the Valdai Discussion Club forum, Mr.
In his remaining three years in office, he said, the Philippines will deepen its engagement also with Latin America, Africa and Central Asia. Asked about his foreign policy redirection especially toward China, Mr. Duterte hardly touched on that topic and instead spoke of his 2016 election victory, before talking lengthily about his antidrug campaign for about 20 minutes.It was at this point when he spoke of “two generals” involved in illegal drugs, but whom he did not name.
“And right now, even as I fly here and go back, there are about again two generals who are still playing with drugs. And I said, ‘Well, I told you, do not destroy my country because it is being flooded with drugs.”Mr. Duterte appeared reluctant to yield the floor even as the moderators tried to take questions from other forum participants. Some members of the audience broke into laughter when he asked for “one minute” more.
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