Philippine national security in limbo with scrapping of US forces pact

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In his fourth year in office, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte abrogated the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States.

This is perhaps the realisation of what he first declared as his "independent foreign policy".

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on March 08, 2020, with the headline Philippine national security in limbo with scrapping of US forces pact. Subscribe