LIMA, PERU: United States President Barack Obama sees a "better and stronger" relations between Washington and Manila with Donald Trump as president, according to Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr.

In an interview on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit here, Yasay said Obama, during a conversation in one of the side meetings, told him that he was optimistic about the future of the US-Philippines ties under the administration of Trump, whose personality is similar to President Rodrigo Duterte.

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