President Rodrigo Duterte has told Russia’s RT Documentary Channel that “we can survive with nothing” and the Philippines is not ready for ‘military alliances’ particularly with Russia as it recently offered all kinds of its battle equipment to Manila.
The Philippines has an existing Mutual Defense Treaty with the US, which was signed on Aug. 30, 1951. “I am not ready for military alliances because we have a treaty that was signed in the 50s. But I am ready to cooperate with my new friends – China and Russia – to make this world more peaceful,” Duterte said
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