Duterte: Drug campaign gets ‘open support’ from Russia, China

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte got the needed boost for his war on drugs as Russia and China expressed their “open support” for his campaign.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jin Ping “have extended their open support for us in fighting terrorism and [illegal] drugs. It’s easy to talk to them because they’re also suffering from the same drug scourge,” Duterte said in a press briefing following his arrival from the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference in Vietnam on midnight Sunday.