{"id":80504,"date":"2016-08-31T22:53:06","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T02:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=80504"},"modified":"2025-01-18T13:09:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T18:09:23","slug":"duterte-ready-talk-topic-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/08\/31\/duterte-ready-talk-topic-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte ready to talk \u2018any topic\u2019 with Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_77986\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77986\" style=\"width: 1295px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Duterte-inaugural-speech-Malacanang.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-77986\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Duterte-inaugural-speech-Malacanang.jpg\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO: President Rodrigo Duterte (PCOO photo)\" width=\"1295\" height=\"908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Duterte-inaugural-speech-Malacanang.jpg 1295w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Duterte-inaugural-speech-Malacanang-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Duterte-inaugural-speech-Malacanang-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Duterte-inaugural-speech-Malacanang-1024x718.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1295px) 100vw, 1295px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-77986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE PHOTO: President Rodrigo Duterte (PCOO photo)\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday he is ready to talk any issue with United States President Barack Obama in their scheduled bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 29th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit next week in Laos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dHe can wish any topic at all. I am ready to talk to him,\u201d President Duterte said in a media interview after welcoming the 129 repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) at the Terminal 2 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).<\/p>\n<p>Last Tuesday, the White House has announced that Obama is scheduled to meet Duterte in Laos.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy levitra oral jelly online <a href=\"https:\/\/primeraeyecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/levitra-oral-jelly.html\">https:\/\/primeraeyecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/levitra-oral-jelly.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>President Duterte said he would explain first to the US President the issue of human rights if Obama will open the topic in connection with the Philippine government intensified campaign against illegal drugs.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy finasteride online <a href=\"https:\/\/primeraeyecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/finasteride.html\">https:\/\/primeraeyecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/finasteride.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201dThey must understand the problem first before we talk about human rights. I would insist, \u201cListen to me. This is what the problem is.\u201d Then we can talk. No problem,\u201d Duterte told the media.<\/p>\n<p>The US had earlier expressed concern over the extra-judicial killings of drug suspects in the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>Since President Duterte took over as the country\u2019s 16th President last June 30, close to 800 drug pushers and users have been killed already in legitimate police operations.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy propranolol online <a href=\"https:\/\/primeraeyecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/propranolol.html\">https:\/\/primeraeyecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/propranolol.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Police have also arrested over 10,000 drug dependents and registered over 600,000 surrenderers as the result of Duterte administration\u2019s aggressive war against illegal drugs.<\/p>\n<p>With over three million Filipino drug dependents, President Duterte vowed to finish the fight until the last drug apparatus is detroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, President Duterte also told the media that he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the ASEAN Summit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dYes,\u201d a short answer from President Duterte when asked to confirm his meeting with the Russian leader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday he is ready to talk any issue with United States President Barack Obama in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":77986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,16,95],"tags":[6054,1918,353,343,10176],"class_list":["post-80504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-duterte","tag-laos","tag-obama","tag-philippines","tag-united-states-of-america","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":285434,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80504\/revisions\/285434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}