MANILA, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Philippine Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay said on Tuesday that the Philippines has no plans to scrap the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) with the United States.
He said the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte will continue to "respect all treaty agreements or arrangements with all nations."
In an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel, Yasay expressed the hope that the bilateral meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and President Rodrigo Duterte would still take place.
Yasay was reacting to a statement that Duterte made Monday that U.S. special forces should pull out of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, saying the present of U.S. soldiers there make the southern Philippines "more volatile."
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