PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte may have spoken too soon about sending Filipino soldiers to Bahrain and Qatar if violence breaks out in the two Arab countries, which he visited last week in a three-nation swing that included Saudi Arabia, the largest Arab state in West Asia in terms of land area.

In the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Wednesday, he promised military support in more general terms, saying before members of the Filipino community there that the Philippines is a “loyal friend” of their host country.

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