Iceland's push for a human rights probe on the Philippines has left President Duterte in a state of
Iceland’s push for a human rights probe on the Philippines has left President Duterte in a state of “wonderment,” Malacañang said Tuesday.As the President continued to mull over severing the country’s ties with Iceland, Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said Duterte suspected that the Nordics country could have been misled by false information or was “naive” to accept such data.
The United Nations Human Rights Council recently approved a resolution initiated by Iceland seeking a report on the alleged abuses related to the Philippines’ deadly war on drugs. “Well he mentioned last night that he is seriously considering cutting diplomatic ties with Iceland. There are only about two thousand Filipinos there and, as far as we know, there are no trade relations between these two countries – except maybe on fish,” he said.
He likewise fended off speculations that the UN resolution would affect the country’s reputation abroad.
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