MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine defense and military establishment are largely supportive of the continuation of the Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Thursday.
The agreement is currently in limbo after President Rodrigo Duterte unilaterally abrogated it last year, but later put the termination on hold.
“The final decision to push through with the termination or withdraw the notice rests on the President. However, we at the defense department and the armed forces, the general feeling in the armed forces is for the VFA to continue,” Lorenzana said in an interview with ABS CBN News Channel.
The VFA is an accord that pr…
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