Panama's president Jose Raul Mulino said the Panama canal will "remain in their control forever" in a speech marking the 25th anniversary of the U.S. handover of the interoceanic canal.
His comments come after Donald Trump's threat to demand control of the canal be returned to Washington.
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His comments come after Donald Trump's threat to demand control of the canal be returned to Washington.
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00:00With our neutral hands, the nations do not fear that a channel of the strategic level
00:07like the Panama Canal is or takes an active part in any conflict.
00:13Because the Panamanians are interested in a world more connected, with a more open trade
00:19and with greater exchange of goods between the countries.
00:24There are no other hands in our channel, more than the Panamanians.
00:29You can be calm.
00:33In our hands, it will stay forever.