The United States of America for the longest time has been
the Philippines friend and mutual defense ally.
In the administration of president Rodrigo Roa Duterte, his
course of foreign policy was truly an independent one, it open doors to make
warm relations with Russia, long considered as the nemesis and rival of the US.
Foreign Secretary Teddy Boy Locsin Jr, said the Philippines
has no choice in becoming Russia’s newest ally following the failure of the
United States to provide the country with the rifles it needed to combat
communist insurgency and terrorism.
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| DFA Secretary Teddy Boy Locsin Jr. (photo credit to owner) |
Locsin was reacting to an article published wherein the Philippines
plans to purchase civilian planes and
its pursuit of closer relations with the former Soviet Union.
“President (Rodrigo) Duterte asked for rifles, imagine that –
rifles from the US (United States). The answer is no. Well, we won’t just lie
down and let commies and jihadi walk all over us,” Locsin said in a tweet.
Last October 2016, the US State Department stopped for reasons
of alleged human rights violations,the planned sale of about 26,000 assault
rifles to the Philippines after a US senator openly opposed the deal , all of
which were committed under Duterte’s bloody war on drugs.
Shortly after the US government’s rejection of the rifle
procurement deal, President Duterte stated that the Philippines can also
buy arms from non-traditional allies like Russia and China.
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Report from Manila Bulletin
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