MANILA: The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) denied speculation that President Rodrigo Duterte was “unceremoniously ignored” during the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Naruhito in Japan, hence the decision to cut his trip short.
The 74-year-old Duterte earlier clipped his supposed two-day trip to Japan “due to unbearable pain in his spinal column”.
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