Philippine President
Rodrigo Duterte cleared that he's no fan of Justin Trudeau, telling a crowd he
felt personally insulted after the Canadian prime minister raised human-rights
concerns and the bloody drug war in the Southeast Asian country.
“I said I will not
explain, it is a personal and official insult, that is why you hear me throwing
down epithets and curses… because it angers me,” Duterte said in a news
conference after the closing ceremony of the 31st ASEAN Summit and Related
Meetings.
“When you are a
foreigner, you don’t know what exactly is happening in this country,” he added.
The President added he
would "only answer to the people of the Republic of the Philippines."
He also said foreign
governments and organizations should refrain from getting "falsified"
information on the war on drugs from the "opposition and communists."
Earlier in the day,
Trudeau said Duterte was "receptive" when he raised concerns over
"human rights, rule of law and extrajudicial killings" on the
sidelines of the ASEAN Summit.
"We impressed upon
him the need to respect the rule of law and, as always, offered Canada's
support and help as a friend to help move forward. This is the way we engage
with the world, this is the way we always will," Trudeau told reporters in
a press briefing earlier on Tuesday.
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