The Philippines will not accept any foreign aid with conditionalities because it undermines the country’s sovereignty, Malacañang spokesman Ernesto Abella said on Friday.

Abella, in a news conference, affirmed an earlier disclosure of Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano that the country will not receive new grants from the 28-member European Union (EU).

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