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Last updated on July 26, 2018, at 07:44
By Genalyn Kabiling
President Duterte called on the nations of the world to be sober and avoid provoking Iran to the war, claiming that a nuclear explosion could President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, in his speech at the Asia-Pacific Conference on Healthy Islands 2018: Networking for Resilient Island Health Systems that was held at the Marco Polo hotel in Davao City on July 25, 2018, praises the event organizers and attendees. The president said that this has become an avenue to explore practical solutions to solving common health problems and overcoming common challenges in providing essential medical services to the public. SIMEON CELI JR./PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO "width =" 1280 "height =" 853 "/>
President Rodrigo Duterte (SIMEON CELI JR./ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
The President made a pitch for" the peace in the world "in the middle of the last war of words between the United States and Iran.
" Above all, there must be peace in the world. The question of the peninsula of South Korea must be resolved. Then, we stopped inciting Iran to make war, "said Duterte at the Asia-Pacific Healthy Islands Conference held in Davao on Wednesday night
" We decide to Avoid war. I think it would be the end of planet Earth. And the residue of nuclear explosions, even if it's only a limited number of 100, would greatly change the world's ecosystem, "he said.
Duterte said that He hoped that "cooler heads" would take him away to avoid a destructive nuclear war.He said it was useless to talk about climate change if deadly nuclear missiles were launched. 19659005] "The nuclear explosion, whenever it is made, eats or erodes the dignity of the earth. So, it belongs to the leaders of the nations who are really there and who can make the change, they can do a lot, "he said. 19659007 "We appreciate the nations who approach the problem with sobriety, understanding and providing cooler heads, so to speak," he added.
Duterte acknowledged that China and other countries were already doing their part. He said nations must "do everything" to avoid all these problems.
"If we do nothing, if no one listens to the plea of others to take it, you know, with a calm approach, we are the generation right now that has to take [care of] our children. It's not yet their time, "he said.
Trump recently took Twitter to warn that Iran would suffer consequences for threatening the United States. His tweet seemed to be a response to remarks by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that the war against Iran was the "mother of all wars".
The Iranian leader has however spurned Trump's empty threats, saying that he will react by action. 19659007] The US leader traded threats with the Iranian president in an exchange similar to that of the war rhetoric with North Korean leader Kim Jong-a last year.
