‘Canal is Panamanian’: Panama’s president rejects Trump threats
2024-12-27 15:54:52 source：The Aljazeera
December 26, 2024
The Panamanian president has rejected threats by US President-elect Donald Trump that the United States could reassert control over the Panama Canal, saying “there’s nothing to talk about.”
President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday also rejected the possibility of reducing canal tolls for US vessels and denied that China had any influence over the vital waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
“If there is an intention to talk, then there’s nothing to talk about,” Mulino said during a weekly news conference.
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