President Barack Obama cancelled what would have been his first meeting with Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte, after Mr. Duterte described Mr. Obama in vulgar terms, a White House spokesman said on Tuesday.Earlier, Duterte had called Barack Obama a “son of a whore”, saying that he would not be lectured by the US leader on human rights, according to AFP news agency.<\/p>\n
Duterte, a plain-spoken populist known for his colourful remarks and his campaign against illegal drugs in which thousands of people have died, described Mr. Obama in vulgar terms to reporters on Monday, a day ahead of the planned meeting in Laos, where South Asian leaders are meeting for annual summits.<\/p>\n
Obama learned about the insult as he emerged from the Group of 20 summit in Hangzhou, China. At a news conference, he said he had told his aides to speak with Philippine officials \u201cto find out is this, in fact, a time where we can have some constructive, productive conversations,\u201d leaving little doubt that the meeting would not proceed as planned.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always want to make sure that if I’m having a meeting, that it’s actually productive and we’re getting something done,” Mr. Obama told reporters.<\/p>\n
Instead, Mr. Obama now plans to meet later on Tuesday with South Korean President Park Geun-hye, said Ned Price, spokesman for the White House National Security Council \u2014 a meeting where the response to North Korea’s latest missile tests is expected to be on the agenda.<\/p>\n
Obama arrived in Vientiane just before midnight on Monday, for the first visit by a sitting U.S. President to Laos, where he wants to begin to address the legacy of U.S. bombing during the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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