MALACAÑANG on Monday, Jan. 15, confirmed that President Rodrigo R. Duterte will attend the India-ASEAN Summit on Jan. 24-26. President Duterte’s participation is an outcome of his bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of India at the sidelines of the 31st ASEAN Summit,” Presidential Spokesperson Herminio Harry L. Roque, Jr. said at a press briefing. “The fact that the President decided to attend is also because of a personal appeal by the Indian Ambassador that in 2012, the Commemorative Summit held in 2012 in India, the Philippines was the only country that was not represented by a Head of State, and that is why he has confirmed his attendance,” Mr. Roque said.

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