TREATY ALLIES. Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and US Defense Secretary Mark Esper agree that the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty needs to be updated. Esper visited Manila on November 19, 2019. Photo by Darren Langit/Rappler
MANILA, Philippines – US Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday, June 12, thanked the Philippines for suspending the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement , a sudden decision by the Duterte administration prompted by the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement on Sunday, June 14, the Department of National Defense said that Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Esper spoke by phone on Friday where the latter also gave an assurance that the US would share with its allies “developments on vaccines and therapeutics” as the world continues to struggle against COVID-19.where the Chinese leader promised to make the Philippines a"priority" once they have developed a vaccine.as soon as he assumed office in 2016.
It was in February when the Philippines sent its notice of termination for the decades-old VFA after the
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