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MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines defence apparatus wants to keep a Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States, its defence minister said on Thursday, as officials met to settle differences over a pact central to Washington\u2019s Asia strategy.<\/p>

FILE PHOTO: Philippine Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana answer questions during a Reuters interview at the military headquarters of Camp Aquinaldo in Quezon city, metro Manila, Philippines February 9, 2017. REUTERS\/Romeo Ranoco<\/figcaption>

Thursday\u2019s meeting in Manila between U.S. and Philippine officials comes after President Rodrigo Duterte, who openly disapproves of the U.S. alliance, unilaterally cancelled the two-decade-old VFA last year, in an angry response to an ally being denied a visa.<\/p>\n

The withdrawal period has been twice extended, however, to create what Philippine officials say is a window for better terms to be agreed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe at the defence department and the armed forces, the general feeling is for the VFA to continue,\u201d Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana told news channel ANC.<\/p>\n

The meeting is the first under U.S. President Joe Biden\u2019s administration, which has reaffirmed the alliance in the face of China\u2019s growing assertiveness in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n

Lorenzana said the VFA, which sets out rules for U.S. soldiers operating in the Philippines, has been vital in boosting the capabilities of under-resourced Philippine forces through dozens of annual joint training exercises.<\/p>\n

Its importance was stressed by U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin during a call with Lorenzana on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Ties between the United States and its former colony have been complicated by Duterte\u2019s rise to power in 2016 and his frequent statements condemning U.S. foreign policy, and open embrace of China.<\/p>\n

But while the Philippines-U.S. relationship \u201chas always been strong\u201d, Lorenzana said the Southeast Asian nation \u201cshould not be made to choose\u201d between Washington and Beijing.<\/p>\n

Lorenzana has also expressed concern about a new Chinese law empowering coastguard to fire on what it sees as threats, and repeated U.S. navy patrols that China sees as provocations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told Secretary Austin we don\u2019t want any miscalculations or accidents in the South China Sea because we are right smack there in the centre of conflict,\u201d Lorenzana said.<\/p>\n

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