23 December 2024

Panamanian President Jose Raul Molino responded to Donald Trump's statement that he would demand the Panama Canal be “returned” to the United States if the vital waterway does not operate the way he wants.

“I want to specifically point out that every square meter of the Panama Canal and its adjacent area belongs to Panama, and will continue to do so,” Molyneux said in a statement on Sunday.

“We will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to us” if “the moral and legal principles of (the United States') generous gesture of giving are not followed,” Trump said on Saturday, adding that control of the canal was “foolishly” ceded to Panama 25 years ago.

He added: “The tariffs imposed by Panama are ridiculous and highly unfair.”

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