(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) nilaApril 12 - The Philippines is aiming to sign an enhanced defence cooperation agreement with the United States in time for the arrival of US President Barack Obama to Manila later this month but the agreement will not be rushed the Philippine presidential office said Saturday. The Philippines and the US agreed Friday on key points of the agreement which would allow increased US troops in the Philippines as well as US access to Philippine bases dpa reported. "This (eighth) round brought us much closer to finding full consensus and the draft provisions on key points of an enhanced defence cooperation will be submitted to (President Benigno Aquino III) for his review" Philippine panel head Defence Undersecretary Pio Lorenzo Batino said in a statement
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