Duterte said he would greet and congratulate Kim if given the opportunity to meet him. READ: DFA: Duterte comments on 'chubby' Kim Jong Un expression of concernDuterte said the willingness of Kim and his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in to work together eased the tensions in the Korean Peninsula. "He should just treat me as a friend because this will promote - the impact is really, there is less stress now in the Korean Peninsula. “South and North Korea confirmed the common goal of realizing, through complete denuclearization, a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula,” a joint statement by Kim and Moon read. During the height of the Korean Peninsula tensions, Duterte called Kim a “crazy man” and a “maniac” playing with “dangerous toys” and warned that failure to resolve the problem would turn the region into an "arid land."

Source: Philippine Star April 29, 2018 04:52 UTC