MANILA, Philippines — US President Donald Trump is "very much looking forward" to his first in-person meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte this month, the White House said. I think there's a warm rapport there," a White House senior administration official said in a briefing on Tuesday. The White House official said that Trump will have "frank and friendly" discussions in his first meeting with Duterte in Manila. And that expands to areas like counterterror, all of the close people-to-people ties between the country, and human rights as well," the White House official said. We can't have him away from Washington forever," the White House said.

Source: Philippine Star November 02, 2017 03:33 UTC