MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday demanded the United States to “pay” if they want to continue its Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the Philippines.
“I would like to put on notice if there’s an American agent here that from now on, you want the Visiting Forces Agreement done? Well, you have to pay,” Duterte said in his speech at the inspection of newly delivered air assets at the Clark Air Base in Pampanga.
“It’s a shared responsibility but your share of responsibility does not come free because after all when the war breaks out, we all pay,” he added.
While he is a “friend” to the US, Duterte lamented the how its promises remain kaput.
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