From left, Philippine Army chief Lt. Gen. Eduardo Ano, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, and National Defense chief Delfin Lorenzana, gesture with a fist bump as they pose with Philippine Army officers during his visit to its headquarters in suburban Taguig city, east of Manila, Philippines Tuesday Oct. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) From left, Philippine Army chief Lt. Gen. Eduardo Ano, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, and National Defense chief Delfin Lorenzana, gesture with a fist bump as they pose with Philippine Army officers during his visit to its headquarters in suburban Taguig city, east of Manila, Philippines Tuesday Oct. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

The Philippine military can manage without US aid, the defence minister said on Friday, after President Rodrigo Duterte said the United States and the European Union should withdraw their assistance if they were unhappy with his drugs war.

“I think we can live without (that) aid. Our Congress is actually giving us money now for the procurement of equipment. I believe they will give us more if we don’t have a source of other funds,” Defence Minister Delfin Lorenzana told a foreign correspondents’ forum.

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