Incoming president Rodrigo Duterte has no problem in continuing the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) with the United States, accepting the local military’s limited capabilities.
On Monday night, Duterte told reporters in a press briefing “I have no problem with EDCA-sanctioned use of Philippine military bases by US troops because we don’t have good external defense capabilities.”
EDCA which was signed on April 28, 2014, permits America to build facilities at Philippine military installations.
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