Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena praised his Filipino counterpart Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, calling it an "example to the world". "Drug menace is rampant in my country and I feel that we should follow your footsteps to control this hazard," Sirisena told Duterte. More than 5,000 people have been killed in Duterte's drug war, which has been condemned globally.