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Panama Reiterates Its Opposition to Canal Ownership Negotiations
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Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino has stated that there will be no discussions about US control over the Panama Canal. This assertion comes in response to comments made by Donald Trump, who has repeatedly suggested that the US should reclaim control of the canal. The visit of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Panama, scheduled for the coming days, is seen as significant in this context.
The Panama Canal is controlled by Panama, and its administration has always been in Panamanian hands.
I have received absolutely no information from the US embassy in Panama … nor from the secretary of state, with whom we work together on migration issues, about the alleged military presence of another country in the canal.
I cannot negotiate and much less open a process of negotiation on the canal.
That is sealed. The canal belongs to Panama.
This is not a country that takes away and breaks laws. If I do that because they are Chinese companies or take away a concession just like that because someone asked me to, that is not the climate we want to project as a country to foreign investors.
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