MANILA, Philippines—The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will continue its engagements with the United States as President Rodrigo Duterte suspended the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement for another six months.
AFP chief General Cirilito Sobejana welcomed the decision of the President to extend the suspension of the agreement’s termination to allow further discussion and study. The termination had been suspended twice already.
“Your AFP will continue to enhance its capabilities through purposeful engagements with our treaty ally,” Sobejana said in a statement.
“Our engagements will be in enhancing the interoperability between our t…
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