Duterte condemns

NoKors testing of
missiles
AFFIRMS VERY STRONG BOND WITH JAPAN

By: Nestor Corrales - Reporter / @NCorralesINQ

INQUIRER.net / 08:48 AM November 14, 2017

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte (right) and Japan Prime Minister

Shinzo Abe (left) shake hands, as they hold a bilateral meeting on the
sidelines of the 31st Asean Summit in Manila on Monday, November
13, 2017. (Malacaang Photo)

President Rodrigo Duterte is supporting Japans stance against North

Korea and has cautioned President Kim Jong-un to stop threatening
the world with his nuclear warfare.

We are supporting you against what North Korea is doing. We

condemn the continued posturing of North Korea with the nuclear
weapons, Duterte said during his bilateral meeting with Japanese
Prime Minister Shizo Abe on Monday night.
We have said it several times already in the past that it is not to the
interest of North Korea to swagger around and threaten the world, of
keeping us hostage with the atomic weapons, he added.
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Duterte said North Koreas missile and nuclear threats were a

common interest for the Philippines and Japan.
We condemn his several launching of missiles. It is bad. It puts a
strain on everybody, not only in Japan but all over the world, he
said.

And he should realize that hed be responsible for ending life in this
planet, if his mind goes out of control, he added.

Duterte likewise reaffirmed Manilas very good relations with Japan.

I am reaffirming, in the strongest possible language, that we have a

very strong bond. Its almost a sentimental attachment for many
years, Duterte told Abe.

Mr. Duterte, who made a three-day working visit to Japan in October,

also thanked Abe for making it possible for him to have an audience
with the Emperor and for Japans assistance during the five-month
Marawi City siege..

I would like to thank you and the Japanese government for making it
possible for me to have an audience with the Emperor, one of the
things I will maybe remember for all time, he said. /kga
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