Two veteran diplomats and an economist lauded President Rodrigo Duterte’s “pragmatic” independent foreign policy, saying it earned the Philippines more allies.

Former ambassadors Jose Romero and Alberto Encomienda and economist George Siy of Integrated Development Studies Institute (IDSI) on Wednesday said Duterte’s foreign policy reform was beneficial to the Philippines’ long-term economic and national security interests.

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