By Patricia Lourdes Viray
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte may have had a rough start with the United States but this changed when US President Donald Trump took office, an analyst said.
Ernest Bower, a senior adviser at influential Washington-based think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies, said that the security cooperation between the Philippines and the US remains strong and foundational.
"I have seen that he's (Duterte) moderated his language towards the United States and we've gotten signals even this week that the Philippines and the United States are security partners," Bower told members of the press at the closing reception of a US-ASEAN conference in Makati City.
Bower noted that the alliance is important to both countries and that it remains strong.
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