Duterte demands that the US not store weapons at barracks in the Philippines

According to AP, on January 29, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte asked the US not to store weapons in local barracks according to the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) that Manila and Washington signed in 2014.

Philippine soldiers at a military barracks in Quezon City on December 7. (Source: EPA/VNA)

Speaking at a press conference later in the day, Mr. Duterte announced that he would consider canceling the EDCA, which allows the US military to temporarily station at certain barracks in the Philippines, if Washington builds weapons depots in these barracks.

Mr. Duterte said that the Philippines would be implicated if there was a conflict between the US and China.

President Duterte has repeatedly threatened to cut military exercises with the US and cancel agreements allowing US forces to visit the Philippines, including EDCA./.

According to Vietnamplus