Panama Canal denies the claim of free route for American ships Donald Trump News
The Panama Canal Authority says that it is ready to hold a dialogue with Washington, DC about the transit of American War -time vessels.
The Panama Canal Authority has denied the claim of the US State Department that a deal has been a deal to allow the United States government to cross the canal without fees, with the withdrawal of the water channel by President Donald Trump Stress is likely to be reduced after threatening. Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Canal Authority, an autonomous agency overseeing the Panmanian government, said that it did not make any changes in the fee or rights to cross the canal, its statement was directly in response to the US claims.
“The Panama Canal Authority, which is empowered to determine tolls and other charges to move the canal, reports that it has not made any adjustments to them,” said this.
But it has been stated that it was still ready to have a communication with American officials “about the transit of warfare ships from the said country”.
The Panama has become a focal point of Trump administration as the President has accused the Central American country of highly accusing its trade route, one of the world’s busiests.
Earlier on Wednesday, the US State Department said that the Panama government no longer agreed to cross the fee for the US government ships, a step that would save the American millions.
The State Department said in a post on the social media platform X, “The US government ships can now cross the Panama Canal without any fees, which can save the US government to save millions of dollars in a year.”
This was the first public announcement of promises mentioned by US State Secretary Marco Rubio, who said that concessions were given during his visit to Panama on Sunday.
Since winning the US election in November, Trump has refused to use force to seize the canal, through which 40 percent of the US container traffic passes.
In his inaugural speech in January, Trump stated that the US canal will “take back” – which was built by France in 1881, but was completed by the United States in 1914. Washington handed over the control of the canal to Panama in 1999 under the treaties signed in 1977.
Trump has also said that if no deal has reached, the canal will be “completely and without question” in the US.
At the same time, he also accused Panama of stopping China’s control of the canal, which is denied Panama and China.
During his Panama Yatra, Rubio interacted with Panaman President Jose Raul Mulino, who later promised to get out of China’s belt and road initiative.
Mulino has also ordered an audit of the Panama Ports Company, a subsidiary of Hong Kong -based Congress -based Congress Hachisan Holdings, which runs two major ports around the canal.
The company was given a concession in 1997 which was extended for 25 years in 2021, despite increasing concern in Washington, China has tightened Hong Kong’s political control.
However, Mulino rejected Trump’s threat that the US withdraws the control of the canal.
