(Bloomberg) -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte may not have sufficient information on the nation's military agreements with the U.S., a situation that the Department of Defense will try to remedy, Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said.
The Philippines doesn't benefit from the joint drills with the U.S., Duterte said on Oct. 4, reiterating a threat to sever ties with its main ally. In the same speech, the Philippine leader said “Obama you can go to hell.”
“I said our beloved President is misinformed because it would seem that the information that he receives are incomplete,” Lorenzana said Wednesday in a mobile-phone message forwarded by his department's public affairs group. The Philippines, which is conducting drills with U.S. troops until Oct. 12, benefits from the training, tactical exercises and civic projects, Lorenzana said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Clarissa Batino in Manila at cbatino@bloomberg.net. To contact the editors responsible for this story: Daniel Ten Kate at dtenkate@bloomberg.net, Ditas Lopez
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