In Washington, US National Security Council spokesman Ned Price announced the cancellation of the bilateral meeting and said Obama would instead meet South Korean President Park Geun-hye. “While the immediate cause was my strong comments to certain press questions that elicited concern and distress we also regret it came across as a personal attack on the US President,” Duterte said. He was replying to a question from an international wire agency on how he would respond if President Obama raised the issue of extrajudicial killings. Among many other statements, Duterte said of Obama: “You must be respectful. Obama on Monday already hinted that the meeting won’t take place, when asked for a reaction to Duterte’s statements following the G20 summit in Hangzhou, China.

Source: Manila Times September 06, 2016 16:52 UTC