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The president of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte has announced his agreementsallyannouncementapproachbenefitcapitalchangingcloselycooperationcountryleaderslossmilitarypartnershipproblemquestionsregionthingsthreeweaker will move away from the USA and work more agreementsallyannouncementapproachbenefitcapitalchangingcloselycooperationcountryleaderslossmilitarypartnershipproblemquestionsregionthingsthreeweaker with China. President Duterte made the agreementsallyannouncementapproachbenefitcapitalchangingcloselycooperationcountryleaderslossmilitarypartnershipproblemquestionsregionthingsthreeweaker in China's agreementsallyannouncementapproachbenefitcapitalchangingcloselycooperationcountryleaderslossmilitarypartnershipproblemquestionsregionthingsthreeweaker Beijing. He was meeting with Chinese agreementsallyannouncementapproachbenefitcapitalchangingcloselycooperationcountryleaderslossmilitarypartnershipproblemquestionsregionthingsthreeweaker to talk about future agreementsallyannouncementapproachbenefitcapitalchangingcloselycooperationcountryleaderslossmilitarypartnershipproblemquestionsregionthingsthreeweaker between the Philippines and China. Mr Duterte also hinted he might work more closely with Russia. He said: "Maybe I will also go to Russia to talk to Putin and tell him that there are agreementsallyannouncementapproachbenefitcapitalchangingcloselycooperationcountryleaderslossmilitarypartnershipproblemquestionsregionthingsthreeweaker of us against the world - China, the Philippines and Russia." Duterte said he would end agreementsallyannouncementapproachbenefitcapitalchangingcloselycooperationcountryleaderslossmilitarypartnershipproblemquestionsregionthingsthreeweaker and economic agreementsallyannouncementapproachbenefitcapitalchangingcloselycooperationcountryleaderslossmilitarypartnershipproblemquestionsregionthingsthreeweaker with the USA. He told the USA: "Your stay in my country was for your own agreementsallyannouncementapproachbenefitcapitalchangingcloselycooperationcountryleaderslossmilitarypartnershipproblemquestionsregionthingsthreeweaker. So it is time to say goodbye, my friend."

President Duterte's announcement could change many agreementsallyannouncementapproachbenefitcapitalchangingcloselycooperationcountryleaderslossmilitarypartnershipproblemquestionsregionthingsthreeweaker in the Asia-Pacific agreementsallyannouncementapproachbenefitcapitalchangingcloselycooperationcountryleaderslossmilitarypartnershipproblemquestionsregionthingsthreeweaker. It will mean China is stronger in the area and the USA is agreementsallyannouncementapproachbenefitcapitalchangingcloselycooperationcountryleaderslossmilitarypartnershipproblemquestionsregionthingsthreeweaker. It is possible that Duterte may ask the USA to leave its military bases in the Philippines. The agreementsallyannouncementapproachbenefitcapitalchangingcloselycooperationcountryleaderslossmilitarypartnershipproblemquestionsregionthingsthreeweaker of the Philippines bases would be a big agreementsallyannouncementapproachbenefitcapitalchangingcloselycooperationcountryleaderslossmilitarypartnershipproblemquestionsregionthingsthreeweaker for the USA. A White House spokesman said: "If the Philippines are out…that starts to raise agreementsallyannouncementapproachbenefitcapitalchangingcloselycooperationcountryleaderslossmilitarypartnershipproblemquestionsregionthingsthreeweaker about our whole agreementsallyannouncementapproachbenefitcapitalchangingcloselycooperationcountryleaderslossmilitarypartnershipproblemquestionsregionthingsthreeweaker to the region." This break from the US comes after 65 years of close agreementsallyannouncementapproachbenefitcapitalchangingcloselycooperationcountryleaderslossmilitarypartnershipproblemquestionsregionthingsthreeweaker between the two countries. The Russian newspaper 'Russia Today' commented on the agreementsallyannouncementapproachbenefitcapitalchangingcloselycooperationcountryleaderslossmilitarypartnershipproblemquestionsregionthingsthreeweaker relations in the Asia-Pacific region. It wrote: "China has just turned a former rival into a regional agreementsallyannouncementapproachbenefitcapitalchangingcloselycooperationcountryleaderslossmilitarypartnershipproblemquestionsregionthingsthreeweaker."