Malacañang on Thursday clarified that the Philippines is not limiting its options on weapons procurement to China and Russia, saying the military and Defense department are studying “other options.”

"The President has also tasked the Defense and military establishment to study the options, to source military equipment from either China and/or Russia but they’re not closing the options to these two alone," Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said said in a news conference.

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