The defense alliance between the Philippines and the United States has apparently been saved following America’s donation of coronavirus vaccines to Filipinos.
President Rodrigo Duterte thanks the United States for donating COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines during a public address on August 2, 2021.
Duterte made the admission ahead of the delivery of another batch of US donated vaccines to the Philippines on Tuesday, August 3. He is expected to welcome the arrival of the US-donated Moderna jabs at the Manila airport. “So pasalamat tayo sa kanila at maibigay naman na — may naibigay na naman ako sa kanila na concession . I consider the continuance of — to the — continuance of the Visiting Forces Agreement n gratitude,” he added.The President has rescinded an earlier decision to scrap the VFA after a meeting with visiting US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III in Malacañang last week.
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