Charming Duterte meets NZ foreign Minister McCully.
President Rodrigo Duterte meets with New Zealand’s foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully.
Duterte charmed the New Zealand minister as he justified the Philippine government’s controversial war on illegal drugs.
McCully said that he discussed the disputed South China Sea with a “charming” Philippines President during an informal meeting.
“He’s a tough guy but he was warm, courteous and actually quite charming,” McCully said.
“He doesn’t beat around the bush. He has got quite firm views and he expresses them, and very colorfully,” he added.
According to a report of Inquirer.net, the two leaders spoke during Duterte’s overnight stopover in Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, on his way back from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru.
Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar shared to the media that the Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte discussed a wide range of topics with McCully.
Wherein, President Duterte open up the cooperation between the two countries against terrorism in the Asia Pacific region and the need to maintain peace and stability in the region.