MANILA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Friday that his country can get by without U.S. military aid.
Lorenzana made the remarks at a foreign correspondents' forum where he also called for reassessing relations between the Philippines and the United States.
"Our congress is actually giving us money now for the procurement of our equipment. I believe that they will be giving us more if we have no more source of other funds," he said, pointing out that "we can live without those (U.S. military) aids."
The Philippine defense secretary also noted that he agrees on what President Rodrigo Duterte has repeatedly said about the fact that the U.S. has failed the Philippines.
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