President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday called on US President Donald Trump and other concerned parties to exercise self-restraint to de-escalate tension after North Korea’s reported nuclear tests and missile launches.

In a news conference, Duterte said the countries of Southeast Asia were extremely worried and that he would ask Trump “not to go into war.”

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