President Donald Trump laughed on Monday as his counterpart in the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, shut down reporters questions on human rights and referred to journalists as spies.

Dozens of journalists in the Philippines have been killed with impunity in the last decade, and Dutertes drug war has led to at least 7,000 extrajudicial killings .

Even Duterte himself has been accused of ordering a journalist to be killed . Two former policemen alleged earlier this year that Duterte, while mayor of Davao City in 2003, paid tens of thousands of dollars to have radio broadcaster Juan Pala murdered. Duterte denied the accusations.

Trump and Duterte met Monday on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit, which is being held in the Philippine capital of Manila. It was the first in-person meeting between the two leaders.

We will be discussing matters that are of interest to both the Philippines and [the U.S.] ... with you around, guys, you are the spies, Duterte said to reporters on Monday, according to the White House pool report.

Trump laughed in response.