The Philippines has suspended for the second time its choice to scrap a two-decade-old Visiting Forces Settlement (VFA) with the USA, its international ministry mentioned on Wednesday. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delaying the cancellation by one other six months would "allow us to discover a extra enhanced, mutually useful, mutually agreeable, and more practical and lasting association on learn how to transfer ahead in our mutual protection," the international ministry mentioned in a press release. The Philippines is a treaty ally of the USA with a number of army agreements depending on the VFA.