As South Korean President Moon Jae-In takes his “hats off” to President Rodrigo Duterte, so does the Philippine President commend Moon on his successes between South and North Korea.
The two shared diplomatic relations that promises better future ties between the neighboring Asian countries.
Moon viewed Duterte’s leadership as “outstanding” which has eventually won the support and trust of many Filipinos.
“I take my hats off to President Duterte’s leadership which has enabled rapid economic growth and social stability, drawing great support from the people of the Philippines in the process,” Moon said.
“The Philippines is currently working to realize national Vision 2040 under President Duterte’s outstanding leadership,” he added.
As for Duterte, he commended Moon’s efforts
in bridging the gap between South and North Korea and bringing peace to the
Korean peninsula.
“I commended President Moon for his vision of bringing
peace, stability, and prosperity to the Korean peninsula. His selfless
dedication is demonstrated by the historic Inter-Korean Summit (in April),
which resulted in the (signing of the declaration),'” Duterte said.
“The
Philippines is hopeful that positive developments over the past several months
will continue and contribute positively toward the goal of the denuclearization
in [the] Korean peninsula,” he added.
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| Image credit to Eagle News |
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| Image credit to The Korea Herald |
Better international ties between the two
countries has resulted to South Korea offering $1 billion worth of official
development assistance (ODA) to the Philippines.
Moon is positive that the Philippines’ warm
support towards its recent peace agreement with North Korea will allay the ties
between the two countries.
“His
support will be of great help to us on our journey to establish peace on the
Korean Peninsula. Our two countries will further strengthen our cooperation and
that goes beyond the Peninsula to uphold peace in the region,” Moon said.
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| Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and South Korean President Moon Jae-in take a drink after their toast during the dinner at the Blue House on June 4/ Image credit to ABS-CBN News |
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