President Duterte asked US State Department to “be careful of what you’re planning”.
On Monday, President Rodrigo Duterte asked the US State Department to be careful after some senators in the United States encouraged the Biden administration to address the alleged human rights violations in the Philippines.
President Duterte was discussing the gains of his administration in its war on illegal drugs when he addressed the US State Department.
“Itong State Department. Be careful, be careful of what you are planning on doing there because you, yourself, your country — hindi lang was, is — is guilty of so many violations of human rights,” said President Duterte.
President Duterte’s remarks as regards the US State Department came a few days after his administration officially announced that he had ordered the retraction of the termination of the PHL-US Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA).
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Last week, some US senators encouraged the administration of United States President Joe Biden to address the alleged pattern of human rights violations by the Philippine government under President Duterte.
In a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken dated July 26, 2021, Senator Edward J. Markey and ten other US senators urged the US government to stand with the Filipino people to fight those alleged human rights abuses.
Meanwhile, President Rodrigo Duterte thanked United States President Biden for donating COVID-19 vaccines to the country.
“I would like to thank the president of the United States, (Joseph) Biden, the government, and the people of America for not forgetting us. Do not forget us because we share, we share the same outlook sa geopolitics dito especially sa Southeast Asia,” President Duterte said.
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