The Philippines needs the United States for the South China Sea, where it remains locked in a territorial dispute with China, according to President Duterte. Mr. Duterte made the statement on Tuesday, in the course of explaining his earlier remark that he might later ask US soldiers to leave Mindanao to pave the way for talks with Moro rebels. The Moros or the Muslims in Mindanao have been pressing for a Bangsamoro state and demanding recognition by the US of the brutality suffered by the Moros as it colonized the Philippines 100 years ago.
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