八点最热报 | 美国国务卿卢比奥，在上个星期六抵达巴拿马展开他上任以来的首次官访，由于美国总统特朗普此前多次扬言要收回巴拿马运河，因此，卢比奥这一次的巴拿马行程就备受关注。根据外媒引述消息报道，卢比奥在私下给巴拿马总统穆利诺传达了更强硬的信息，指美国总统特朗普已经确定该国违反了1999年移交巴拿马运河时的条约，如果巴拿马不立即采取措施，减少中国对巴拿马运河地区的影响力，美国将采取“必要措施”。面对美国的警告，巴拿马总统穆利诺与卢比奥进行长达2小时的会谈后，立即宣布巴拿马将会退出一带一路倡议……（主播：萧慧敏）
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00:30Let's go back to 1999, when Panama was transferred to the United States.
00:34If Panama does not immediately take measures to reduce China's influence on the Panama Canal region,
00:40the U.S. will take necessary measures.
00:43Faced with U.S. warnings, Panama's President Muliño and Rubio held a two-hour meeting,
00:48and immediately announced that Panama would withdraw from the Belt and Road Initiative.
00:54Muliño believes that the meeting with Rubio will bring more U.S. investment to Panama.
00:59Panama will also seek closer cooperation with the U.S.
01:04Panama is the first Latin American country to participate in the Belt and Road Initiative.
01:08In 2017, it established diplomatic relations with China and signed into the Belt and Road Initiative.
01:13According to the contract's memorandum of understanding,
01:15a three-year contract can be automatically renewed for three consecutive years,
01:19unless either party terminates the contract.
01:21So far, China and Panama have renewed contracts twice in 2020 and 2023.
01:27However, Muliño has not yet said when he will inform the Chinese government that they will terminate the contract.
01:34U.S. Secretary of State Rubio, who visited Panama for the first time since taking office last Saturday,
01:39also visited the Miraflores Shipyard with the Director of the Panama Canal Administration,
01:43Vasquez, yesterday, in addition to visiting the local power plant.
01:47After Rubio's visit, he held a two-hour meeting with Panama's President Muliño.
01:53After the meeting, Muliño was asked if he was worried that the U.S. would use military force to take over the Panama Canal.
02:00He said he was not worried.
02:14In addition, Muliño also mentioned that he and Rubio have a friendly atmosphere in the meeting,
02:18and that both sides respect each other and are very active in trying to solve any problems.
02:23I did not feel at all a climate of controversy or a climate of disrespect at all.
02:29On the contrary, I felt a very proactive climate on both sides,
02:33and above all, very willing to solve the questions or doubts that may arise.
02:43Just as Rubio visited Panama, the capital of Panama broke out anti-U.S. protests,
02:48holding a banner saying,
02:50My country, my sovereignty, my canal.
02:53They used candles to blow up the U.S. President Donald Trump's figurine,
02:56and burned the U.S. flag on the spot,
02:59as well as photos of Rubio and Trump,
03:01protests against Rubio's visit,
03:03and Trump's claims to seize the Panama Canal.
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