WATCH: (Scroll Down For Video) Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has dealt a further blow to the US by pledging to end joint military exercises because China does not like them.
“I would serve notice to you now that this will be the last military exercise,” he said. “Jointly, Philippines-US, the last one.”
“I will maintain the military alliance because there is an RP-US pact which our countries signed in the early ‘50s,” he said, referring to the Republic of the Philippines.
“I will establish new alliances for trade and commerce and you are scheduled to hold war games again, which China does not want.”
Asked if the administration could maintain a close relationship with a country whose president repeatedly criticised the US, he said: “We continue to believe that that’s possible.”
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