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(Eagle News) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte met with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev of the Russian Federation on the final day of the 28th and 29th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits and Related Summits in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic on September 8, 2016. This was after the gala dinner where Duterte and Medyedev sat beside each other, instead of the earlier announced seating arrangement where Duterte and US President Barack Obama were […]
VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — US President Barack Obama urged Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte Thursday to conduct his crime war “the right way”, as the pair clashed at an Asian summit over the crackdown that has claimed 3,000 lives. The showdown was a fitting climax to a brutal few days of diplomacy that began with the famously acid-tongued Duterte becoming heated up and making expletives that led the White House to cancel a scheduled bilateral meeting between the two leaders. […]
(Reuters) — U.S. President Barack Obama held a meeting with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders for the last time on Thursday (September 8) and reiterated U.S. commitment to rebalancing Asia. Obama became the first incumbent U.S. president to visit Laos this week for a series of meetings with the heads of state of the 10-nation regional bloc. “I’ve now met with leaders of ASEAN eight times, visited Southeast Asia more than any […]
(Eagle News)– Government officials explained that President Rodrigo Duterte missed two meetings at the ASEAN Summit in Vientiane, Laos on Thursday (September 8) because he was ill. “He was not feeling well in the morning so he missed the two sessions. But he was able to attend the East Asia Summit with 18 world leaders and the rest of the day’s remaining schedule until departure for Indonesia early evening today,” Presidential Peace Adviser Secretary Jesus […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang believes that the row between President Rodrigo Duterte and President Barack Obama is over. According to Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, both presidents were able to speak with each other in the holding area before the start of the gala dinner for the heads of state in Laos. Andanar said that there were some changes made in the seating arrangement which resulted in President Duterte and President Obama […]
VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — US President Barack Obama warned Thursday an international tribunal’s ruling that China’s sweeping claims to the South China Sea had no legal basis was “binding”, after Beijing vowed to ignore the verdict. “The landmark arbitration ruling in July, which is binding, helped clarify maritime rights in the region,” Obama told a summit of Asian leaders in Laos. The comments are sure to draw ire from Beijing, which has taken an increasingly […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday (September 7) met United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the ASEAN summit gala dinner in Vientiane, Laos. A photo of the two leaders shaking hands was distributed by the Palace to members of the media. Duterte has criticized Ban’s remarks for his ongoing campaign on illegal drugs. Duterte also turned down a meeting with the UN Chief due to “scheduling incompatibility”. President Duterte also met […]
UNITED States President Barack Obama met briefly with Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, their two governments said. The encounter took place just before a dinner during a summit of regional leaders in Laos, officials indicated. “They met at the holding room and they were the last people to leave the holding room. I can’t say how long they met,” Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay, travelling with Duterte, told reporters shortly afterwards. “I’m very […]
Beijing’s “illegal” island building in the South China Sea moves centre stage at an Asian summit after the Philippines produces evidence it says shows fresh construction activity at a flashpoint shoal. Video courtesy Agence France Press TV
VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — The disputed South China Sea was in focus Wednesday at a regional summit in Laos, the first such gathering since an international court said Beijing’s artificial island building program there was “illegal”. China claims most of the sea, even waters approaching neighbouring countries, based on a vaguely defined “nine-dash-line” found on Chinese maps from the 1940s. The Philippines and other Southeast Asian nations dispute this claim. Commentators say the 3 million […]
VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — US president Barack Obama on Wednesday met a survivor maimed by American bombs covertly dropped on Laos decades ago after pledging to help clean up a country he said was still living in the shadow of war. A day after announcing $90 million to survey and remove unexploded ordinance, Obama visited a US-backed NGO which helps provide prosthetics to the tens of thousands maimed by US munitions. Between 1964 and 1973 […]
VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — The Philippines released photos Wednesday to back its claims that China had secretly begun work to cement control over a crucial shoal in the hotly contested South China Sea. The release of the images, which claimed to show Chinese ships preparing to build an artificial island on Scarborough Shoal, came hours ahead of a meeting between Southeast Asian leaders and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Laos. China this week insisted it […]
