{"id":19125,"date":"2021-06-14T21:24:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T21:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/06\/14\/philippine-president-again-delays-abrogation-of-key-security-pact-with-us\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:07:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:07:39","slug":"philippine-president-again-delays-abrogation-of-key-security-pact-with-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/asia-pacific\/2021\/06\/14\/philippine-president-again-delays-abrogation-of-key-security-pact-with-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippine president again delays abrogation of key security pact with US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MANILA, Philippines \u2014 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday again suspended his decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/06\/03\/philippines-suspends-abrogation-of-defense-pact-with-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">terminate a key defense pact with the United States<\/a>, which he has asked to provide more aid and coronavirus vaccines in exchange for retaining the accord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said, without elaborating, that Duterte suspended the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement for another six months to allow both sides to address his concerns. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/02\/11\/philippines-notifies-us-of-intent-to-end-major-security-pact\/\" target=\"_blank\">Terminating the pact <\/a>would be a major blow to one of America\u2019s oldest alliances in Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duterte\u2019s administration notified the U.S. government in February last year that it intended to abrogate the 1998 agreement, which allows the entry of large numbers of American forces for joint combat training with Philippine troops and lays down the legal terms for their temporary stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/06\/03\/philippines-suspends-abrogation-of-defense-pact-with-us\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/48915197152_37fbff685a_k.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Philippines suspends abrogation of defense pact with US<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Philippine president has suspended his decision to 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(Aaron Favila\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duterte said in February that if the U.S. wants to keep the agreement, \u201cthey have to pay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a shared responsibility, but your share of responsibility does not come free,\u201d Duterte said then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In December, he warned that he would proceed with the abrogation if the U.S. does not provide at least 20 million doses of vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf they cannot deliver even a minimum of 20 million vaccine, they better get out. No vaccine, no stay here,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Critics hit Duterte for the remarks, which Sen. Panfilo Lacson, who heads the Senate committee on national defense and generally supports Duterte, said \u201cmay have given the impression that the Philippines is a nation of extortionists.\u201d Lacson said \u201cone cannot put a price tag on the value\u201d of the Visiting Forces Agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duterte has often lashed out at U.S. security policies while nurturing relations with China and Russia. But his foreign and defense secretaries have cited the importance of the U.S. alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. military presence in the region has been seen as a counterbalance to China, which has aggressively asserted claims to vast areas of the disputed South China Sea despite a 2016 international arbitration ruling that invalidated their historic basis. 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