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Southeast Asia faces 'massive' drugs menace: Duterte
Southeast Asia faces 'massive' drugs menace: Duterte
[AFP]
April 29, 2017
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned Southeast Asian leaders Saturday they were facing a "massive" illegal drug menace that could destroy their societies, as he called for a united response.
Duterte, who has faced international condemnation for his own crackdown on drugs that has claimed thousands of lives, also insisted that outsiders should not interfere in Southeast Asia's affairs.
"The illegal drug trade is massive but it is not impregnable," Duterte said in a speech to open an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders summit.
"With political will and cooperation, it can be dismantled. It can be destroyed before it destroys our societies."Duterte urged the leaders to be "resolute in realising a drug-free ASEAN".
In his speech to ASEAN leaders, Duterte highlighted the bloc's tradition of "non-interference".
He did this while talking about relations with the United States and the European Union, which have expressed concern about alleged extrajudicial killings in his drug war.
"Dialogue relations can be made more productive, constructive if the valued principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of the ASEAN member-states is observed," Duterte said...
AFP
[AFP]
April 29, 2017
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned Southeast Asian leaders Saturday they were facing a "massive" illegal drug menace that could destroy their societies, as he called for a united response.
Duterte, who has faced international condemnation for his own crackdown on drugs that has claimed thousands of lives, also insisted that outsiders should not interfere in Southeast Asia's affairs.
"The illegal drug trade is massive but it is not impregnable," Duterte said in a speech to open an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders summit.
"With political will and cooperation, it can be dismantled. It can be destroyed before it destroys our societies."Duterte urged the leaders to be "resolute in realising a drug-free ASEAN".
In his speech to ASEAN leaders, Duterte highlighted the bloc's tradition of "non-interference".
He did this while talking about relations with the United States and the European Union, which have expressed concern about alleged extrajudicial killings in his drug war.
"Dialogue relations can be made more productive, constructive if the valued principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of the ASEAN member-states is observed," Duterte said...
AFP
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