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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/world/9/7/090716-duterteobama.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte arrives at the ASEAN Summit family photo while U.S. President Barack Obama chats with the Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah in Vientiane, Laos on Wednesday. <em>Jorge Silva/Reuters</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>Contrary to a <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/07/16/duterte-to-sit-beside-obama-un-chief" target="_blank">Malacañang press release</a>, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was seated far from U.S. President Barack Obama and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during the ASEAN Gala Dinner in Laos on Wednesday night.  </p><p>Duterte was seated between Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.</p><p>Obama, meanwhile, was seated beside Brunei&#x27;s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and the Vietnam prime minister&#x27;s wife.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">President Duterte seated between Indonesian President Widodo and Russian PM Medvedev in ASEAN gala dinner <a href="https://t.co/RULFcSRAM7">pic.twitter.com/RULFcSRAM7</a></p>— Willard Cheng (@willardcheng) <a href="https://twitter.com/willardcheng/status/773534006482579458">September 7, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="~//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Ban, Obama, and Duterte are seated apart in ASEAN gala dinner <a href="https://t.co/7MdOOF66Gn">pic.twitter.com/7MdOOF66Gn</a></p>— Willard Cheng (@willardcheng) <a href="https://twitter.com/willardcheng/status/773534942668009472">September 7, 2016</a></blockquote><script async="" src="~//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Duterte made headlines this week after he attacked the US in expletive-laden <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/05/16/duterte-calls-obama-a-son-of-a-w" target="_blank">remarks</a> when asked in a press conference about Obama&#x27;s plan to discuss with him the human rights situation in the Philippines in light of the government&#x27;s bloody war on drugs. </p><p>Duterte&#x27;s insulting remarks prompted the White House to <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/05/16/obama-cancels-meeting-with-duterte-after-insult" target="_blank">cancel</a> what could have been the first meeting between Duterte and Obama on the sidelines of the summit. </p><p>Duterte&#x27;s spokesmen have since said that the president <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/06/16/duterte-regrets-comments-vs-obama-hopes-to-resolve-spat" target="_blank">regrets</a> the statements and that the two sides agreed to move the meeting to a later date. </p><p>Duterte skipped the ASEAN-UN Summit with Ban earlier Wednesday night. He has also turned down a meeting with Ban on the sidelines of the summit. His office said he could not fit the meeting into his schedule.</p><p>Duterte will to fly to Indonesia after attending the ASEAN Summit.</p><p>Duterte said he will discuss the case of Filipina drug convict Mary Jane Veloso with Widodo. <strong>- with reports from Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News</strong></p>

<p>Contrary to a Malacañang press release, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was seated far from U.S. President Barack Obama and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during the ASEAN Gala Dinner in Laos on Wednesday night.</p>

Contrary to a Malacañang press release, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was seated far from U.S. President Barack Obama and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during the ASEAN Gala Dinner in Laos on Wednesday night.