US ships on the Panama channel were free
The US State Department said the Panama government has ignored the costs of US government ships on the Panama Canal.
The Panama government has decided to ignore the cost of the US government ships to cross the Panama Canal, ISNA reported today (Thursday).
“The Panama government has agreed not to pay for US government ships,” the ministry said on the X network.
“This decision makes millions of dollars in cost savings annually,” the US State Department added.
The Panama Channel is one of the most important maritime business bottlenecks in the world.
US President Donald Trump had earlier threatened with accusations against Panama, withdrawing the channel. Trump made allegations of the high cost of traffic and the presence of the Chinese on the Panama Canal; The claims that the Panama government rejects.
The Panama Canal’s annual revenue is about $ 5 billion. Trump said the Panama government should reduce costs for American ships, or take control of it, and had not rejected the military option.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently traveled to Panama, followed by Panama President Jose Raul Mulino that the Panama government would not extend my note with China on the Belt and Road project. He also said, “The Panama Channel will remain under our management, and I did not feel the threat to Rubio’s minister.”
At a meeting in Panama, US Secretary of State told President Molino that Donald Trump did not want to maintain the status of the Panama Canal “given China’s growing influence in the region.”
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