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Duterte tells US ‘you have to pay’ to keep troop deal
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday the United States must pay if it wants to keep a two-decade-old troop deployment agreement with his country that is central to US strategy in Asia. Duterte, a firebrand nationalist who openly disapproves of the long-standing US military alliance, unilaterally cancelled the Visiting Force Agreement last year in an angry response to an ally being denied a US visa. The withdrawal period has been twice extended, however, to create what Philippine officials say is a window for better terms to be agreed. Speaking to Philippine troops yesterday after inspecting newly acquired air assets, Duterte said: “I’d like to put on notice if there is an Ame

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