PANAMA CITY – The president of Panama José Raúl Mulino stated on Thursday that there can be no negotiations with the United States on the possession of the Panama channel and hopes that the secretary of state of the United States Marco Rubio will permit himself to be focused on shared pursuits together with the migration and the combat towards drug site visitors.
Being the vacation spot for the primary go to overseas by the American diplomat would have been nice for Panama in any case, however Rubio arrives because the emissary of the President of the United States Donald Trump, who repeatedly instructed the restoration of the Panama channel.
The day of his inauguration, Trump stated that US ships have been “significantly overloaded and by no means in any method, kind or kind”, observing that “above all, China is managing the Panama channel”. Previously he stated that the United States may request that the channel was returned.
Mulino tried to reduce the strain at his weekly press convention on Thursday. He spoke of desirous to make clear the confusion on China’s function within the channel – a Hong Kong consortium manages the ports to each ends, however Panama controls the channel – and has blamed a predecessor for having established diplomatic relations with China.
“It’s unimaginable, I am unable to negotiate,” Mulino stated when he was requested to return the channel to the United States management. “It’s performed. The canal belongs to Panama. “
The United States constructed the channel within the early 1900s whereas in search of methods to facilitate the transit of economic and navy ships between its coasts. Washington gave approach to management the navigable avenue in Panama on December 31, 1999, below a treaty signed in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter.
“The solely factor I would like is to erase all of the trash from the trail, clear the desk and be capable of converse with the United States and admittedly” on points together with immigration, security and combat towards drug trafficking, Mulino stated.
Rubio is scheduled to fulfill Mulino on Sunday and go to the channel.
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