Philippines will be freed from foreign military troops within two years, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte stated.

During the lecture in Tokyo Duterte said that his country will be free from presence of foreign troops by 2018, RIA Novosti reported quoting TBS.

Earlier, Rodrigo Duterte stated that it was time to “say goodbye” to the United States. However, later Duterte voiced less tougher positon specifying that his country could not break off the relations with the U.S..