MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte put the United States government on notice on Saturday that he would continue with the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) if it could provide the Philippines with its COVID-19 vaccines.
In a meeting with Cabinet members and infectious disease experts in Malacaang, Duterte demanded at least 20 million doses of coronavirus vaccines from the US to stop the termination of the VFA.
“Iyong Visiting Forces Agreement, matatapos na. Ngayon kapag hindi ako pumayag aalis talaga sila. Kung hindi sila makadeliver ng maski minimum of mga 20 million (doses) of vaccines, ah they better get out,” Duterte said.
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