FOREIGN Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario on Monday assured that the Philippine Constitution will be "respected" and the interests of the Philippine government and its people will be "preserved and promoted" during the start of the negotiations on the increase rotational presence of United States military in the country.

The secretary, in his speech before Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and members of the Philippine negotiating panel, highlighted the need to strengthen both diplomacy and defense.

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