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BY PRINCE GOLEZ
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018
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MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte will skip the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) – Australia Special Summit in Sydney next week, according to Malacañang.
“[The] President regrets that he will be unable to attend the Asean-Australia Summit this month,” Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said.
Duterte will attend the graduation rites of the Philippine Military Academy, said the spokesman.
“He (Duterte) considers this graduation as an opportunity to dialogue with the younger military officers, particularly on the manner by which the Philippine government and the military will … deal with the problem of modern-day terrorism,” Roque said.
The President has designated Foreign Affairs secretary Alan Peter Cayetano as “special, personal representative.”
“The special designation will help ensure that the Philippines continues to be engaged with ASEAN and Australia in advancing shared interest in the region and moving forward the common agenda for greater security, stability and inclusive and sustainable development in the region,” said Roque./PN
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