WATCH: (Scroll Down For Video) Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has dealt a further blow\u00a0to the US by pledging to end joint military exercises because China does not like them.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would serve notice to you now that this will be the last military exercise,\u201d he said. \u201cJointly, Philippines-US, the last one.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI will maintain the military alliance because there is an RP-US pact which our countries signed in the early \u201850s,\u201d he said, referring to the Republic of the Philippines.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will establish new alliances for trade and commerce and you are scheduled to hold war games again, which China does not want.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked if the administration could maintain a close relationship with a country whose president repeatedly criticised the US, he said: \u201cWe continue to believe that that\u2019s possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
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WATCH: (Scroll Down For Video) Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has dealt a further blow\u00a0to the US by pledging to end joint military exercises because China does not like them. \u201cI would serve notice to you now that this will be the last military exercise,\u201d he said. \u201cJointly, Philippines-US, the last one.\u201d \u201cI will maintain the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3507,"featured_media":88105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[4479],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n