News in photo: Duterte beside Putin, behind Xi in APEC family photo in Vietnam

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Leaders pose for the “family photo” during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on November 11, 2017.
Pictured L to R are Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull; Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah; Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam; Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski; Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet; Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte; China’s President Xi Jinping; Russia President Vladimir Putin; Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang; US President Donald Trump; Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo; Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha; Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe; Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong; South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in; New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern; Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak; Taiwan’s representative James Soong and Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Hau DINH

 

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte attended the picturing taking for the so-called family photo of world leaders attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on November 11, 2017.

He stood beside Russian President Vladimir Putin and behind China’s President Xi.   On Duterte’s other side is Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.

United States President Donald Trump stood next to Putin.

Pictured from left to right are Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull; Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah; Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam; Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski; Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet; Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte; China’s President Xi Jinping; Russia President Vladimir Putin; Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang; US President Donald Trump; Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo; Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha; Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe; Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong; South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in; New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern; Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak; Taiwan’s representative James Soong and Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto.

 

(Front L to R) China’s President Xi Jinping, Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang, Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo, (back L to R) Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump pose during the “family photo” during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on November 11, 2017.
World leaders and senior business figures are gathering in the Vietnamese city of Danang this week for the annual 21-member APEC summit. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / JORGE SILVA

 

President Duterte, however, failed to attend the APEC gala dinner on Friday night, Nov. 10, 2017.

Foreign Affairs secretary and former senator Alan Peter Cayetano attended in his stead.  Cayetano was accompanied by his wife, Taguig City mayor Lani Cayetano.

Duterte skipped the dinner because he was attending to urgent matters regarding the final preparations for the ASEAN Summit hosting of the Philippines, and getting information and coordinating with his officials in Manila regarding the recovery of Vietnamese captives of the terrorist group, the Abu Sayyaf.

He thus failed to be in the photo of APEC leaders who came to the gala dinner.

This handout photo released by the APEC 2017 National Committee and taken on November 10, 2017 shows leaders and their spouses posing for a “family photo” ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit leaders gala dinner in the central Vietnamese city of Danang.
World leaders and senior business figures are gathering in the Vietnamese city of Danang this week for the annual 21-member APEC summit.
/ AFP PHOTO / APEC 2017 National Committee / Handout /