President Rodrigo Duterte in his visit to China said that its "time to say goodbye" to the U.S. "Your stay in my country was for your own benefit. So time to say goodbye, my friend," Duterte said before the Filipino expat community in Beijing, referring to the U.S-Philippine joint military exercises and using the number of Filipino bases in the country.
"No more American interference. No more American exercises. What for?"
"I will not go to America anymore. I will just insulted there," He added.
"No more American interference. No more American exercises. What for?"
"I will not go to America anymore. I will just insulted there," He added.
US-Philippines relation have been sour since the Obama administration started voicing concern over Duterte's style in dealing with drug crime. Duterte issued a series of fiery remarks warning to Obama to stay away and stop dictating Philippine policy.
China and the Philippines are expected to sign over dozen of agreement, including the South-China sea conflict. Duterte explained that the Philippine-China partnership does not entail full military cooperation or indeed joint energy exploration in the South China Sea.
Both countries signed 13 pacts on areas including trade, investment, tourism, narcotics, and maritime cooperation. There is also energy and communications deals being worked out, including a $3 billion credit from the Bank of China, report said.
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