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He is not coming after all

First ASEAN-Australia Summit in Laos in 2016

Source: ASEAN

After so many guessing games -- anxious and alarmed waitings -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is not attending the Australia-ASEAN Summit hosted by the government in Sydney to the distraught - or delight - of the highly-divided Filipino-Australian community. Image: First ASEAN-Australia Summit in Laos in 2016 (ASEAN)


Duterte will skip the historic event to attend a graduation ceremony of the Philippine Military Academy and send foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano to represent him.


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