United States President Donald Trump announced that Washington would be giving an additional 715 million for Marawi rehabilitation and 100 million to support drug demand reduction programs of the Duterte administration. These were not new pledges.
The White House made the announcement in a release late Tuesday night as Trump headed back to the US after leaving the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in the Philippines, the last stop in his 12-day Asia tour.
Malacañang welcomed the pledge on Thursday saying that Trump should have discussed it during the bilateral talks as it would delight Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte more.
“But I’m sure, although it was announced belatedly, that the Philippine President or President Duterte will appreciate this commitment to the war against drug,” Duterte spokesman Harry Roque said.
“That proves without doubt that the US president supports the war on drugs. Why would he otherwise give two million dollars to this cause if he thinks it’s not being implemented correctly?” he added.
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SOURCE: manilanewsroom
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