"We will not be forced to buy expensive weapons from the US. We were always able to get it from somewhere else. I ordered the police to cancel it. We do not need them (US)," Duterte said as quoted by Asian Correspondent, Tuesday (11/08/2016).
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Duterte added that the Philippines will buy weapons in other places that offer cheaper prices than those sold in the US.
This statement came out after suspending US sales amid US concerns about human rights in the Philippines who is now a crisis because of their drug war Duterte expressed by a member of the Senate, Ben Cardin.
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The Democratic Party does not agree that the US should provide assistance to the Philippines weapon alleged human rights violations in the Philippines is increasingly worrying because the drug war Duterte.
US relations and the Philippines as the longtime allies continue to deteriorate as a result of these alleged human rights abuses. Especially when Duterte said it would sever its ties with the US and China also joined Russia.
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Duterte also had said China and Russia had agreed to meet the supply of weapons needed Philippines.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the US State Department, Mark Toner, said that the US has not received any official notification regarding cancellation of the purchase of weapons.
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