Malacañang on Thursday maintained that there will be no permanent bases for US troops anywhere in the country but that “temporary locations” will be allotted to them under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) and the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA).

Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said granting permanent basing rights to foreign troops will be against the law but he explained that the VFA allows their presence here.

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