THE DEPARTMENT of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday maintained that the rescue of distressed Filipino household workers by the Philippine embassy in Kuwait was done in coordination with its authorities.

Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano made the clarification after Kuwait summoned Philippine Ambassador Renato Pedro Villa questioning the ongoing rescue operation, which has been viewed by the Gulf state as an infringement of its sovereignty.

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