MOSCOW (Sputnik) — This came after Trump had a 10-minute phone call with the Filipino hardliner, the second since the Republican’s election last month. Duterte called Trump a day after he won the presidential poll.
Duterte said late Friday the newly-elected US president praised the government of the Philippines for conducting the tough anti-drug campaign "the right way," according to the Philippine Star newspaper.
"He understood the way we are handling it and said that there's nothing wrong in protecting a country," Duterte said in his first comment on the phone conversation.
The Philippines has been accused by the United Nation of excessive brutality with which it has been conducting its campaign against drug traffickers, including of indiscriminate killings.
