The United States is providing the Philippines with military aid that amounts to “loose change” compared to other Asian countries, a top government spokesman said, supporting demands by President Rodrigo Duterte for Washington to pay more.
Duterte said last week that the United States should pay more if it wanted to maintain the two-decade-old Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), which he unilaterally cancelled last year in an angry response to an ally being denied a US visa.
“If we have very strong ties with a very strong ally, then I think it also comes with a higher amount of financial assistance to be given, ” presidential spokesman Harry Roque told a regular briefing on Monday.
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The militaries of the two countries enjoy close ties, forged during decades of joint exercises.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
PublishedFeb 15, 2021, 8:15 pm SGT
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