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Duterte tells U.S. to stop planned construction in PH bases

2017-01-30 02:05:17       source:Rappler

January 30, 2017


"President Rodrigo Duterte told the United States to stop' unloading arms' in Palawan, Cagayan de Oro, and Pampanga, as he threatened anew on Sunday, January 29, to 'abrogate'" treaties with the country's longtime ally.


Duterte was reacting to US plans to start implementation of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), a military-to-military agreement signed by the previous Aquino administration allowing the US to build facilities and store military hardware in select Philippine military bases."


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