Philippine leader threatens to end US pact

By By Jim Gomez
Updated January 24 2020 - 6:58pm, first published 6:53pm
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he will end a pact unless a colleague is given a US visa.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he will end a pact unless a colleague is given a US visa.

The Philippine president has renewed a threat to terminate an accord that allows American forces to train in the country unless Washington restores a visa of a political ally linked to human rights violations.

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