Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario gives his opening statement while Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin listens during a briefing on Monday on the negotiations to increase the US presence in the country. Photo By Miguel De Guzman
Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario gives his opening statement while Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin listens during a briefing on Monday on the negotiations to increase the US presence in the country. Photo By Miguel De Guzman

Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario on Monday vowed that the Constitution will be “respected” and the interests of the government and its people will be “preserved and promoted” when Philippine officials sit down with their American counterparts to hammer out terms on the increase of US presence in the country.

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