Trump postponed telephone contact with Panama president in the midst of tension for the Canal

US President Donald Trump postponed the scheduled Friday’s phone conversation with Panama President Jose Raul Moulino due to sudden changes in his program, the Panama government announced. The postponement comes amid the tension created by Trump’s threats to “regain” control of the Panama Canal. The Panamaic Foreign Ministry will announce when the two leaders will talk after the two sides are coordinated, the government added. Mr Moulinos complained that the US was spreading “lies” as the State Department argued that ships belonging to the US state would pass through the Panama Canal. The competent independent authority then denied the claim. Furthermore, Panama’s president rejected the complaints of the new US government that China is “controlling” the canal, persecution of crucial passage, and that he had developed an army there. The two leaders were scheduled to chat yesterday at 15:30 (local time; 22:30 […]
Source: News Beast

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