Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte enters a hall during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
MANILA (Reuters) - United States President Donald Trump praised Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for doing an "unbelievable job on the drug problem" during a phone conversation last month, the New York Times reported, quoting a transcript of the call.
The two leaders also talked about North Korea and China's potential influence, the New York Times said, quoting parts of a Philippine transcript of the April 29 call that was circulated on Tuesday, under a "confidential" cover sheet, by the Americas division of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs.
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