– I can’t negotiate, and even less start negotiations around the canal – said Mulino on his weekly press conference.
– It’s sealed. The channel is Panamian – he said.
The president spoke about the upcoming journey of the new American State Secretary of Marco Rubija in Central America. Last week, the spokesperson confirmed the journey, but did not specify certain countries that the Rubio would visit on his first trip abroad in that role.
According to American media, stops in Panama, Guatemali, Salvador, Costa Rica and Dominican Republic are planned from the end of this week.
In his inaugural speech on the 20th of January, Trump passed the right to the Panama channel. Since then, on several occasions, he has openly said that the United States should have checks on the important navigation path, the claims that Mulino refused.
(Vijesti.ba / Fena)
