philippines while we were fighting terrorists are we and we owe it to russia to also come and show our friendship where there are world issues are not being discussed our bilateral relationship is strong and you wanted to be stronger now let's discuss your relationship with the united states first because obviously it has a much longer history and then your relationship with russia i heard you compare your relationship with washington to that of a family with a kid who came of age and wants to try and he's or her own path which means meeting with people that the parents do not necessarily approve of and do you yourself come from a very well placed family i'm sure you on earth your current requests above everybody else's is that how the philippines relates to the united states the well my father a filipino from the smallest town in metro manila and my mother is an american and my mother and my father loves my mother very much but the least said that the