Obama cancels meeting with Philippines' Duterte after insult
VIENTIANE- Sept 6 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama canceled what would have been his first meeting with Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte, after Duterte described Obama in vulgar terms, a White House spokesman said on Tuesday.
Obama, who is in Laos for meetings with South Asian leaders, instead will meet with South Korean President Park Geun-hye, said Ned Price, spokesman for the White House National Security Council.
(Reporting by Roberta Rampton, in Vientiane, Laos; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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