Philippines warns diplomatic relations with Canada at risk amid garbage dispute
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OTTAWA — A spokesman for Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte says 70 years of diplomatic relations between Canada and the Philippines is at risk if Canada doesn’t finally take back its trash.
Salvador Panelo tells media outlets in the Philippines in a statement that the close ties between the two countries “will be put to naught” if Canada doesn’t act immediately to take back more than six dozen shipping containers filled with Canadian garbage that have been sitting in a port near Manila for nearly six years.
After Duterte threatened to “declare war” on Canada if the garbage isn’t returned to Canada within a week, Canadian officials indicated for the first time that they are willing to bring the garbage back once some final negotiations with the Philippines occur.
