LOOK: US President Donald Trump has invited President Rodrigo Duterte and other Southeast Asian Leaders to attend a “special summit” in the US sometime in the first quarter of 2020. The letter was dated November 1, 2019 and shared to media January 19, 2020.
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CONTEXT: ASEAN leaders snubbed a meeting with US Officials in Bangkok last November after Trump skipped the meeting for the 2nd year in a row. Only 3 out of 10 ASEAN leaders showed up from Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam
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Trump sent National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien in his stead to the November 2019 meeting with ASEAN leaders
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Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo says there has been “no official info” on whether or not Duterte has accepted Trump’s invite.