Philippines challenges China by continuing US military access agreement amid South China Sea tension
The Philippines has reversed its decision to end an important military agreement with the United States as territorial tensions with China heat up in the South China Sea.
President Rodrigo Duterte had decided to retain the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) “in light of the political and other developments in the region,” said Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. in a social media post Tuesday.
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