The Visiting Forces Agreement allows the US military to send troops for training missions alongside Filipino soldiers. The above file photo from 2002 shows American soldiers at a base in Zamboanga, Philippines
Daily Mail: Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte says he will end defense pact with the US in response to the State Department cancelling the visa of a former police chief accused of illegal killings in his war on drugs
* Philippines expected to terminate Visiting Forces Agreement with Washington
* Defense pact allows US military to send soldiers to train in the Asian country
* Duterte's defense secretary says the president 'is not changing his decision'
* Last month, State Department revoked visa of Senator Ronald Dela Rosa
* Dela Rosa was Duterte's police chief during brutal anti-drug crackdown
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered his government to terminate a security accord that allows the United States military to train with his country’s soldiers, according to one of his advisers.
‘The president said he is terminating the [Visiting Forces Agreement],’ Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana was quoted as saying by local Filipino news media on Friday.
‘I asked for clarification and he said he is not changing his decision.’
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WNU Editor: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been threatening to do this for a long time .... Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatens to end U.S. military pact (NBC).
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