US envoy denies US weapons depot project in PHL

From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 31): US envoy denies US weapons depot project in PHL

United States Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Y. Kim has denied that the US is building an arsenal in the Philippines, following the statement of President Rodrigo Duterte that the US is putting up permanent structures here to house weapons and military equipment.

“The United States is not building any weapons’ depot anywhere in the Philippines,” Kim said during the General Membership Meeting of the Makati Business Club on Tuesday.

“So I think, perhaps, some misinformation was given to the President (Duterte), that’s why he made that statement especially concerning about the weapons’ depot,” he added.

On Sunday, President Duterte claimed that the US is bringing weapons into three provinces in the Philippines to permanently store in the country.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines had denied earlier the Chief Executive’s claim.

Moreover, the US envoy here noted that US government’s priority projects in the Philippines are in areas of disaster relief and humanitarian assistance.

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