FORT DEL PILAR, BAGUIO CITYFilipinos should not fear getting caught in the

middle of a conflict between the United States and China, as President Duterte
explores new Asian alliances, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said here on
Saturday.
The dispute over the West Philippine Sea, notwithstanding, the US and China will
not go to war, Lorenzana said, because both countries are more inclined to protect
their economies which rely on good trade relations.
Such a conflict may result in the use of nuclear weapons which would be too
devastating for both sides, he said on the sidelines of the recognition rites for new
cadets of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA).
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The US and China know thatwhich is why both countries have been very careful
not to make miscalculations, he said, adding that a conflict now is farfetched.
Lorenzana led the recognition rites for 368 members of PMA Masidlawin Class of
2020 during the academys 118th Foundation Day celebration.
Addressing the new cadets, Lorenzana advised them to understand the changes taking
place in the country today. He said people must not be carried away by change for
the sake of change, although they must also not keep to their ways that would stop
them from changing with the times.
He said the PMA, the military and the public must find the proper balance.

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