President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday bared that Russia and China
Speaking before members of the Philippine Air Force during
the 48th anniversary celebrations of the 250th Presidential Airlift Wing, the
President said that the two countries have also agreed to provide the military
equipment through soft loans.
“The two countries have agreed to give me the softest loan,
payable in 20-25 years. Sabi ko sa kanila, I want weaponry and armaments,” he
said.
But the deal, he said, would not include high-end fighter
jets like F-16s or the like as the Philippines
“Let’s contend ourselves with the propeller-driven planes
but which we can use extensively in counter-insurgency,” Duterte said.
“There are countries that offered us, so many. Sabi nila
mamili ka lang dun. I would like to ask Defense Secretary (Delfin) Llorenzana
to go with you, along with the technical people. Go to Russia , go to China
“We can buy the arms where they are cheap and where there
are no strings attached and it is transparent. Sabi ko sa kanila, I won’t deal
with you except on government to government basis. They said that they will be
happy to show you what they can offer,” Duterte said
He also called on the military establishment for better
intelligence gathering.
“The most important thing here is you have to change
paradigm. Hindi na ito giyera na harap-harapan. So it’s always a matter of
detection, meaning something is afoot and you have to detect to find out what
it is. ibahin na ninyo because we are dealing with terrorists. There will be
explosion after explosion until we find peace,” the President said.
“I will give everything you need to defeat the enemy. Short
of a world war which we cannot participate and which is anyhow useless, I will
give you all the things you want,” Duterte said.
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