US Secretary of DefenseDuring a company visit, China has announced that it represents the threat to the Panama Canal. He said it during the speech delivered at the swearing -in ceremony The new spring funded by the United States After meeting with Nees de Balpoa on the Bask Naval Base with Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino.
Hekesh has confirmed that the US will not allow China or any other country to threaten the channel. “For this purpose, the US and Panama have done more to strengthen our cooperation in the security and safety of what we have done for decades in recent weeks,” he said.
The US politician referred to the ports on both ends of the channel, which is controlled Hong Kong Federation Vibrate In the process of selling your participation Majority to another federation that includes investment funds PlagraAnd Experts in housing sales.
“Companies With the headquarters China They continue to control the important infrastructure of the Channel Zone, “Hexed said,” It provides the ability to carry out surveillance activities throughout Panama, and we are less safe, prosperous and sovereign. As President Donald Trump points out, the situation will not be accepted. “
Hexed Mulino met for two hours before going to the Naval Base this Tuesday morning. It was previously belonging to the United States. Along the way, Hekesh posted a photo of two of the laughter’s X, and wrote that talking to Mulino was an honor. “You and your country’s hard work make a difference. As far as security is concerned, more cooperation will make our two countries safe, strong and prosperous,” he said.
This attendance is made amidst tensions of US President Donald Trump’s reports that the US pays more money to use the Panama Canal China is influenced by its operations. Panama has denied those allegations. Last February, after speaking on the phone, Hekesh and Mulino released the US Foreign Exchange X, which reached an agreement not to collect US warships for crossing the channel. Mulino publicly denied such a deal.
Trump has come to say that the US has never had to give the channel to Panama and perhaps “to restore it.” Since China’s concern is Hong Kong’s Federation There is a 25 -year lease agreement In the ports of the two ends of the channel. The Panamanian government announced that the lease was being censored, and on Monday decided that there were “irregularities”.
However, the C.K. The Hong Kong Federation has already announced that its majority contribution to the port of Hutson will be sold to a federation of Blagrak, the ports ‘de Facto’, Under the US control When your sales are over.
During the previous visit, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Mulino that Trump believed that China’s presence in the Channel could violate a contract that led to the US Leave the road to go to Panama in 1999. The deal requires permanent neutrality of the US channel built by the US. But Mulino denies that China has no influence on channel operations.
