{"id":276526,"date":"2020-11-24T20:15:49","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T01:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=276526"},"modified":"2025-03-05T13:58:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T18:58:20","slug":"prrd-studying-us-push-for-longer-suspension-of-vfa-abrogation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/11\/24\/prrd-studying-us-push-for-longer-suspension-of-vfa-abrogation\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD studying US push for longer suspension of VFA abrogation"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his remarks during the virtual plenary session of the 37th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN Summit) and Related Summits hosted by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at the Malaca\u00f1ang Golf (Malago) Clubhouse, Malaca\u00f1ang Park in Manila on November 12, 2020. KING RODRIGUEZ\/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte is studying the request of US President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien for a longer suspension of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) abrogation, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this remark after O\u2019Brien, in an interview with reporters on November 23, said he was pushing for a suspension of the VFA termination that would last for a year or longer to allow further negotiations for a more acceptable security arrangement.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s just say that the President has taken note of the request of the US authorities and he will decide as chief architect of foreign policy,\u201d Roque said in a Palace press briefing.<\/p>\n

buy wellbutrin online https:\/\/medilaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/png\/wellbutrin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

On November 11, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. announced that the government has extended the suspension of the VFA abrogation for another six months.<\/p>\n

Locsin said this would allow the Philippines and the United States “to find a more enhanced, mutually beneficial, mutually agreeable, and more effective and lasting arrangement on how to move forward in our mutual defense”.<\/p>\n

While O\u2019Brien welcomed the suspension of the VFA abrogation for a second time, he said it would be “better” if it would be extended for at least a year or longer.<\/p>\n

buy pregabalin online https:\/\/medilaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/png\/pregabalin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

The VFA, a military pact signed between the Philippines and the US in 1998, allows American troops who are participating in joint military exercises to visit Manila without a passport and visa.<\/p>\n

In February, Duterte scrapped the VFA over its alleged inequities in its treaty provisions and the US\u2019s alleged assault on the country\u2019s sovereignty and disrespect for its judicial system.<\/p>\n

He later decided to suspend the planned revocation of the military pact with Washington DC last June.<\/p>\n

Roque, meanwhile, refused to comment on the accusation made by the Chinese government that O\u2019Brien was allegedly attempting to sow discord between China and the Philippines after slamming Beijing\u2019s encroachment of territories in the South China Sea that are under Manila\u2019s Exclusive Economic Zone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot speak either for the National Security Adviser of the US or the Spokesperson of China. I can only speak for the President. And the President has said that there will be increased tensions among superpowers in the region. We do not want to take part in that drive for hegemony,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

buy glycomet online https:\/\/medilaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/png\/glycomet.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

He also maintained that the Philippines will pursue a \u201cpeaceful and diplomatic\u201d approach to resolve its long-standing sea row with China.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will assert our national interest and we would want a peaceful resolution to the West Philippine Sea dispute,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

On July 12, 2016, the Philippines won its arbitration case filed against China when the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ruled that Beijing has \u201cno legal basis\u201d to claim historic rights over almost the entire South China Sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte is studying the request of US President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien for a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":275118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276526"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287226,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276526\/revisions\/287226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}