{"id":131847,"date":"2017-11-16T22:02:54","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T03:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=131847"},"modified":"2017-11-16T22:02:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T03:02:55","slug":"huge-asean-summit-success-earns-duterte-world-recognition-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/16\/huge-asean-summit-success-earns-duterte-world-recognition-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge ASEAN Summit success earns Duterte world recognition — Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, in his speech during the closing ceremony of the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Summits at the Philippine International Convention Center on November 14, 2017, expresses the country’s continuing commitment to building a strong and resilient ASEAN Community. KING RODRIGUEZ\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The tremendous success of the recently concluded 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Summits has earned President Rodrigo Duterte respect as a \u201crecognized leader\u201d in the world community, Malaca\u00f1ang said Thursday.<\/p>\n

In a Palace briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that owing to the successful hosting of the Philippines of the ASEAN Summit,\u201d the world community now recognizes not only the fact that the Philippine President is not just a President of the Philippines, a leader of Southeast Asia, but a recognized leader in the international community.”<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd they have also given notice that the Philippines is able to competently host a meeting of this scale and scope. And the fact that there was no untoward incident proves that the Philippines is safe to visit,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Palace official thanked the Filipino people for their cooperation in keeping the peace throughout the course of the Summit.<\/p>\n

Roque said keeping the peace is vital in any major gathering of world leaders as any untoward incident would be an embarrassment to the host country and could have a negative impact in the tourism industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll that could have happened was one explosion, even if no one was hurt, for us to have a major disaster in our hands. But thanks to the cooperation of the Filipino people, we averted such incidents,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that all the guests are gone, there\u2019s a sigh of relief that there was not one untoward incident. And the fact that there was no untoward incident proves that the Philippines is safe to visit,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

\u201cCongratulations to the rest of the Filipino people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Roque extended Malaca\u00f1ang\u2019s apology to the people who were inconvenienced by the various measures put in place for the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cSiyempre po merong mga naabala lalong-lalo na doon sa closure ng EDSA, pasensya na po kayo. Ang naging kapalit naman ay \u2018yung paghanga ng buong daigdig sa kakayahan ng bansang Pilipinas,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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