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Duterte on severing Iceland ties: It may affect 2,000 OFWs 

MANILA, Philippines -- Cutting diplomatic ties with Iceland, which filed a UN resolution to look into human rights situation in the Philippines, may adversely affect the estimated 2,000 overseas Filipino workers in the European nation, President Duterte admitted on Wednesday.   "I'm seriously considering because it might affect the relations between our citizens and the host country," Duterte said in an interview with Pastor Apollo Quiboloy's Give Us This Day show.   "They might not like the way we behave towards them and so they will be prompted to take measures," he added.   The Philippines and Iceland established diplomatic relations in February 1999. ...

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