TOKYO, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday that he wanted to review a military agreement with the United States.
Duterte, on his final day in Japan, reiterated his stance that he intended to review the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement inked with the United States in 2014, which allows U.S. troops to maintain military bases in the Philippines and rotate its troops in and out.
"Maybe, I will review the EDCA and ask them (the U.S. military) one of these days to leave the country," he was quoted as saying.
Duterte also said the joint military exercises held between the Philippines and the U.S. have not been as beneficial to Manila as they should be.
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