Marcos firm on new Edca sites amid China warning

MANILA, Philippines --- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday confirmed that the United States would be allowed to station troops and equipment in four more sites around the country, days after China warned that allowing more sites under the PH-US Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (Edca) would "seriously harm" the Philippines. "There are four extra sites scattered around the Philippines. There are some in the north. There are some around Palawan. There are some further south," Marcos said at the celebration of the Philippine Army's 126th anniversary. The president did not identify the new locations, but the 2014 Edca already allows the United States to temporarily st...Keep on reading: Marcos firm on new Edca sites amid China warning

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