Panama's leadership has sent a letter to UN Secretary General António Guterres, in which it states that it does not accept US President Donald Trump's statements regarding the question of ownership of the Panama Canal and the intention to return it to US control, the Panamanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. sent a letter regarding President Donald Trump's remarks during his inauguration speech when he promised that the United States would return the Panama Canal.
Eloi Alfaro de Alba, the ambassador of Panama to the United Nations in New York, in a letter addressed to the Secretary General of the Organization, Antonio Guterres, reminded that according to the United Nations Charter, countries must refrain in their relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state. - said in the statement of the department. On January 20, Trump, speaking at the inauguration in the central hall of the US Congress, in the Rotunda, again announced his intention to "take back" the Panama Canal.
He claimed that returning control of the canal to Panama was a "senseless gift that should not have been given." According to Trump, "China controls the Panama Canal."
