President Rodrigo Duterte skipped the meeting between member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Vientiane, Laos on Wednesday.

The President was represented by Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr.

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