US President Donald Trump lavished President Rodrigo Duterte with praise on the Philippines’ “very successful” hosting of the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit and described US relations with the Philippines as “great.”

"This has been very successful. We have many meetings today with many leaders in the Asean conferences and which have been handled beautifully by the President and the Philippines and your representatives," Trump told Duterte during bilateral talks on the sidelines of the summit on Monday.

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