China and the US clash at the UN over the Panama Canal, a focus of Trump’s attention
United Nations (EP) – The United States and China clashed under the Panama channel in the United Nations on Monday, and the US’s impact on Beijing on the key waterway may threaten global trade and security, and China’s calling an excuse to seize the US accusations.
The conflict took place at the UN Security Council meeting, where José Raúl Mulino, the president of Panama, emphasized the neutrality of the channel and the ownership of the country’s ownership of the waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
This month, Panama held the chairmanship of the Council and held a meeting on difficulties for sea security. Interpol Secretary General Valdecy Urquiza, piracy, armed robbery, transnational crime and cyber criminals arming them artificial intelligence Attack ports with “minimal cyber security, maximum exposure”.
US President Donald Trump brings Panama to the agenda, claiming that his country should take into account even before winning the election last November Control of the Panama Canal And Accusing Panama with a ceding effect on China.
The United States built the channel in the early 1900s and sought ways to facilitate the passage of commercial and military ships between the coast. The control of the waterway transferred to Panama in 1999 under a treaty signed by President Jimmy Carter in 1999.
China’s Ambassador of UN Fu Cong, the Council, “Panama channel continuously and effectively directed and made significant contributions to global transport and trade.
“China has always respected the permanent impartiality of the channel and firmly supports Panama to maintain its openness and smooth work to maintain its sovereignty on the channel,” he said.
Speaking later, US Ambassador Dorothy Shea went after China and expressed his concerns about “the big impact on the Panama channel area, especially on critical infrastructure and port operations”.
“China’s wide and illegal maritime allegations and aggressive actions show the threat of maritime safety and trade,” he said. He said that the US rejected these allegations and supports the countries that oppose them.
“The impact of China in the channel area of China is not only a risk for Panama and the United States, but a potential threat to global trade and security,” she said.
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Panama strongly rejected the inherification of the channel, but in April, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited Panama And he agreed with Mulino to increase security coordination. The agreement also provides us with access to the strategic air and maritime facilities in the Central American country of the troops, led to great protests In the capital of Panama.
After all the council members talked about, Fu asked China to respond to Shea’s charges, this time he attacked Trump.
“The United States’s lies against China and unfounded attacks are not an excuse to look for control of the channel,” he said.
The Chinese ambassador named the USA and the aggressive weapons in the South China Sea region as üstür the biggest disruptive of peace and stability in the region ve and worsened the risks towards global maritime security.
“China is firmly opposed to economic coercion and bullying practices and calls for the US to stop creating rumors, lies and problems, Fu said.
Murillo later replied, saying that he wanted to emphasize the sovereignty of Panama’s sovereignty in terms of the ownership of the channel ”and that he wanted to emphasize the multilateral treaty that manages his administration. He called the neutrality of the channel to specific or global threats “one and best defense ..
