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TRAVEL MALAYSIA. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte travels to Malaysia for a "private trip". Presidential Photo
MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte left for Malaysia on Saturday, July 14 at 6 pm for a "private trip" that will mix business and pleasure.
Malacañang said earlier that Duterte would go to Kuala Lumpur to watch Senator Manny Pacquiao's boxing match with Argentine boxer Lucas Matthysse on Sunday, July 15th.
Duterte is scheduled to meet Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Monday, July 16th.
Malacañang's rhetoric towards Mahathir is friendly up to now, calling Malaysia "a brother nation and a reliable partner" when he sent his congratulations to the new leader in May.
"We are therefore confident that the strong partnership between our countries will continue to be strengthened" When he was in the Philippines last October for the ASEAN Leaders' Forum, Mahathir said that the primacy of the must prevail in the years to come, "said presidential spokesman Harry Roque, the implementation of the bloody war of Duterte against drugs
Mahathir, 92, is the oldest elected leader of the world, which led Malaysia from 1981 to 2003, making him Malaysia's oldest prime minister
.the other members of the Duterte delegation in Malaysia include Foreign Minister Alan Peter Cayetano, the adviser to national security Hermogenes Esperon Jr, the president of Mindanao Development Authority, Datu Abul Khayr Alonto, and the special assistant of President Bong Go.
Malaysia played the role third-party facilitator for the Philippine government's peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front under the then Philippine President Benigno Aquino III and Prime Minister Najib Razak's governments. The proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law is the conclusion of this peace agreement. – Rappler.com
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