Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau never said North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un was the world’s “real threat.”

Neither did he question why world leaders are fighting President Rodrigo Duterte instead.

On Tuesday, the Canadian Embassy confirmed to GMA News Online that the website aljazeeranews-tv.com “wrongly attributed a quote” to Trudeau in a speech made at the United Nations General Assembly on September 21.

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An article published by the fake news site, which is named after Al-Jazeera, a global media company based in Qatar, claimed Trudeau said “Why is the world fighting the Philippines (sic) government under President Duterte in stead (sic) of focusing on the ‘real threat’ from N. Korea’s Kim from his nuclear program?”

The article, which was uploaded on September 22 and been shared 3,530 times since, further said Trudeau has a “soft stance” on Duterte’s administration and his war on drugs and “urged world leaders to offer advisory and technical assistance to the young nation instead of engaging in unnecessary criticism.”

Canadian Embassy public affairs attaché Carlo Figueroa advised the public to refer to the Canadian Prime Minister’s official website for transcripts of statements and speeches. —Nicole-Anne C. Lagrimas/RSJ/KG, GMA News