Obama Cancels Meeting With Philippines President After Outburst
- Duterte said he would curse Obama if he raised drug war issue
- U.S. has been critical of Philippines anti-drug campaign
Obama Cancels Meeting With Duterte After Outburst
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U.S. President Barack Obama scrapped a meeting with his Philippine counterpart, Rodrigo Duterte, in Laos after Duterte unleashed an expletive-laden warning against the U.S. interfering in a war on drugs that’s led to the deaths of thousands of suspects.
National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said Obama won’t go through with a scheduled bilateral meeting with Duterte on Tuesday at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Laos. Instead, he’ll will meet with South Korean President Park Geun Hye, Price said in a statement.