The Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement set to be inked between the Philippines and the United States (US) does not seek to provoke China over the lingering dispute on overlapping claims in West Philippine Sea islands, the Palace said on Saturday.
Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte made the pronouncement a day after the negotiating panels of the Philippines and the US approved a draft of the pact after eight rounds of talks.
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