MANILA, June 3 — Security issues in the disputed South China Sea helped convince the Philippines to delay quitting a key US military pact, the nation’s envoy to Washington said today. The government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced yesterday it had suspended plans to cancel the...
Wednesday, 03 Jun 2020 07:54 PM MYT
The government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced yesterday it had suspended plans to cancel the Visiting Forces Agreement , a deal that is important to Washington’s moves to counter Beijing’s rising regional power. Since taking power in 2016 Duterte has moved closer to Beijing, but has faced push back from the Philippine public and concern in the military wary of its territorial ambitions in the disputed South China Sea.
“This is not the time to initiate an ugly divorce, especially when China is spreading its tentacles everywhere,” he said. Manila’s termination of the military pact was to have taken effect in August and was triggered by the cancellation of the visa of Ronald Dela Rosa, a senator who served as the main architect of Duterte’s drug war.
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