Negotiations between the Philippines and the US to grant American troops more access to the country’s military bases have reached an “impasse,” according to Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin on Wednesday, November 6. The Philippine panel is opposing the US panel’s condition that limits Filipino troops’ access to temporary facilities that American troops will be building once the access deal is signed. The military-to-military agreement is expected to boost the defense capability of the Armed Forces of the Philippines amid growing territorial threats, increase the training of its troops, and improve disaster response.
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