The Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has announced to suspend its earlier move to abrogate the two-decade-old Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States, which allows U.S. and Philippine troops to train together and conduct counter terrorism missions.
- In February 2020, the Philippines had announced it had given notice to the United States that it intended to withdraw from the Philippines-United States Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the two countries.
- The Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) is an agreement between the USA and the Philippines in support of the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT).
- The MDT was established in 1951 between the United States and the Philippines to provide mutual support in case of foreign attack.
