TINAWAG ni Pangulong Duterte si North Korean leader Kim Jong Un na “Man of the Hour” matapos naman ang makasaysayan nilang pagkikita ni South Korean President Moon Jae In.
“Alam mo si — naging idol ko tuloy siya- Kim Jong Un. For all of the time, he was pictured to be the bad boy of the community,” sabi ni Pangulong Duterte sa isang press conference sa Davao City matapos dumating mula sa Singapore.
Ito’y matapos namang ang paghaharap ng dalawang Korean lider kung saan nangako sila ng “complete denuclearization” ng peninsula, at ang pagtatapos ng ” era of Korean War”, at pagisimula ng “new era of peace.”
“But with one master stroke, he is now the hero of everybody. He appear to be amiable, jolly good fellow, and very accommodating. I hope he remains to be that way because nobody is really after him. Just a matter of historical divide which was created there, wala naman kasali ang buong mundo,” dagdag ni Duterte.
Idinagdag ni Duterte na nais din niyang makaharap ang North Korean leader.
“So I think that to me, the man of the hour would be Kim Jong Un. And someday, if I get to meet him, I’d like to congratulate him. Sabihin ko sa kanya, ‘Bilib ako sa’yo. Marunong ka mag-timing.” Kaya heroism is sometimes left to chance, otherwise it’s purposely timed,” sabi pa ni Duterte.
Ani Duterte nais din niyang maging kaibigan si Kim Jong Un.
“Ituring na lang niya akong isang kaibigan because this will promote — the impact is really, there is less stress now in the Korean Peninsula. And maybe, just maybe, we can avoid a war which nobody can win anyway,” ayon pa kay Duterte.