President Rodrigo Duterte is skipping the 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), which was supposed to be his first international meeting since assuming office on June 30.

Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar on Thursday said Duterte decided to skip the two-day summit, starting on Friday, July 15, in Mongolia as he wants to focus on domestic issues in his first days in Malacañang.

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