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Defense Minister Peta Hegsetth should meet with Panama leaders next week in the middle of the President Donald TrumpContinued efforts to withdraw control over key strategic and military resources.
Trump’s administration was open about threats to national security presented by the alleged Chinese interference.
During February a visit to Earth, State Secretary Marco Rubio In Post X, he wrote that “the United States cannot, and will not allow the Chinese Communist Party to continue with its effective and growing control over the area of the Panaman Channel.”
Pentagon’s main spokesman Sean Parnell confirmed on Friday Minister of Defense He will attend a safety conference in Central America in 2025, participating in discussions that will “initiate constant efforts to strengthen American partnerships with Panama and other Central American countries,” the report from the report said Associated Press.
The cargo ship is moving to the Panama channel next to the Panaman Channel Distribution project on the Pacific side in the city of Panama, November 17, 2015. (Reuters)
Panama denies the state department’s state
The president, who criticized six -digit premiums imposed on American ships traveling vital waterways, has previously proposed channel redemption.
It was built now for decades, but in the end he was handed over to Panami during the Carter administration.
“Law on Panama Channel Business,” a proposal of a law that has recently been Introduced to CongressHe would give Trump the authority to negotiate with the relevant officials of the Panaman government to repeat the Panama Channel.
US Defense Minister Peta Hegsetth participates in a meeting of ministers NATO with the headquarters of the Alliance in Brussels, Belgium on February 13, 2025. (Reuters/Yves Herman)
China, Hong Kong threatens to prevent the sale of the Panama Canal on the American Blackkck
Panama President José Raúl Mulino He had previously said that China had no effect on the canal and accused Trump of “lied” about the potential acquisition, according to AP.
Blackkck, Inc. He later announced a $ 23 billion contract with Hong Kong based in Hong Kong, to take over the ownership of the Panama ports of Cristobal and Balboa, along with 43 ports in 23 other countries, Fox News Digital reported earlier.
Two freight ships enter the Miraflores locks from Panama Canal in the City of Panama on January 22. (Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images)
The channel could be used as an impact on China in Tariff negotiations in the United States.
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Hegsetth will also visit the Eglin Air Force Base in Florida to meet with military members and leadership in the 7th Special Forces, AP.
Morgan Phillips Fox News contributed to this report.
