{"id":233835,"date":"2019-10-07T23:53:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T03:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=233835"},"modified":"2019-10-07T23:53:13","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T03:53:13","slug":"deeper-ph-russia-ties-should-prompt-us-to-give-fair-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/10\/07\/deeper-ph-russia-ties-should-prompt-us-to-give-fair-deals\/","title":{"rendered":"Deeper PH-Russia ties should prompt US to give \u2018fair deals\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is accorded foyer honors upon his arrival at the Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Davao City on October 6, 2019 following his successful official visit to the Russian Federation. KING RODRIGUEZ\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Deepening ties between the Philippines and Russia could make the United States (US) feel \u201ca little insecure\u201d about its relationship with its only military ally, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Monday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made this remark after Duterte arrived from his second visit to Russia last week securing PHP620 million worth of business deals.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs he said it, \u2018I will maintain our relations with the US.\u2019 I don\u2019t think it will be affected. Perhaps if there is any effect, it would be for the better because US would now feel a little insecure about it; where before we tailor our position with that of the United States,\u201d Panelo said in an interview over ANC.<\/p>\n

Panelo, however, assured that stronger Philippine-Russian ties will not affect Philippine-US ties emphasizing the President\u2019s policy to be open to other allies as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile he maintains his alliance with the US, he feels that the Philippines has to open itself to all those countries willing to help the Philippines, offer their friendship, so that we can have deals with them – trade and others,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Panelo said partnerships with other countries would likely prompt the US to give more importance to the Philippines including \u201cfair deals\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201c(US) should be more open into giving us fair deals. Like the complain of the President, he wanted to buy arms from them and choppers, but they refused, because they placed condition, colatillas,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

In 2016, the US State Department halted the sale of firearms to the Philippines over concerns on human rights violations in relation to the administration\u2019s campaign against illegal drugs.<\/p>\n

The Philippines started looking for cheaper arms from Russia and China, two countries that assisted the Philippines when the Marawi siege took place in May 2017.<\/p>\n

Last June, Duterte said he is open to buy arms from the US after it stopped its purchase three years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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