MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippine president said Monday his administration has no plan to give the United States access to more Philippine military bases and stressed that the American military's presence in several camps and sites so far was sparked by China's aggressive actions in the disputed South China Sea.

The Philippine president says his administration has no plan to give the U.S. military access to more Philippine army sites

Three of the four more recent sites to which the US military was given access face north toward Taiwan and one is near the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, a frequent site of maritime tensions

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said Monday the United States would not be given access to more Philippine military bases.</

The Philippines has no plans to grant the United States access to more military bases, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Monday, after nearly doubling the number last year under a joint defence pact.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has firmly ruled out the possibility of the US gaining access to more Philippine military bases. This, just days after a landmark trilateral summit that saw the US, Japan and the Philippines signalling plans for closer defence cooperation.

President Marcos agreed to expand access of the US military from five to nine Filipino bases. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said Monday the United States would not be given access to more Philippine military bases.