Published December 23,2024
Subscribe
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed help for Panama’s authorities on Monday after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reassert U.S. management over the Panama Canal on Sunday.
“Indeed, the Panama Canal belongs to the Panamanians,” Sheinbaum stated, talking throughout her common morning press convention.
Sheinbaum’s feedback got here sooner or later after Trump accused Panama of charging extreme charges to make use of the Central American passage whereas talking to a crowd of supporters in Arizona. After the occasion, he posted a picture on Truth Social of an American flag flying over a slender physique of water, with the remark: “Welcome to the United States Canal!”
Trump’s feedback have been an exceedingly uncommon instance of a U.S. chief saying he may push a sovereign nation handy over territory.
Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino swiftly denounced Trump’s feedback.
“Every square meter of the Panama Canal and the surrounding area belongs to Panama and will continue belonging (to Panama),” Mulino stated in a press release launched on X.
Source: www.anews.com.tr