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(UPDATED) 12:00 a.m.

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte recalled the abrogation of the country's Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States after it committed to regard the Philippines as a "sovereign equal" and reaffirmed its obligation under the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT), Malacañang announced on Friday.

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