{"id":6588,"date":"2025-01-25T23:39:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T23:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareinfo24.com\/?p=6588"},"modified":"2025-01-25T23:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T23:39:11","slug":"russian-official-warns-trump-against-taking-control-of-panama-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareinfo24.com\/?p=6588","title":{"rendered":"Russian Official Warns Trump Against Taking Control of Panama Canal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A top Russian official on Tuesday warned the Trump administration against taking over the Panama Canal after the president stated in his inaugural address that he intended to regain control of the strategic waterway.<\/p>\n<p>Since the election, President Donald Trump has mentioned on several occasions that the United States should\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/trump-not-ruling-out-using-military-force-to-reclaim-panama-canal-greenland-5787667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reassert control<\/a>\u00a0over the canal, which was built by Americans and controlled by the U.S. government until the Carter administration. Panama\u2019s president has said that his government will not give up control of the canal.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s comments prompted a response from Alexander Shchetinin, head of the Latin American department at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who said that Moscow expects the leadership of Panama and the Trump administration to respect the \u201ccurrent international legal regime of this key waterway\u201d during any discussions about control of the Panama Canal, according to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tass.ru\/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama\/22930215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">translation<\/a>\u00a0of comments reported by Russia\u2019s state-run news agency TASS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia has been a party to the protocol since 1988 and reaffirms its obligations to respect the permanent neutrality of the Panama Canal, advocating for keeping this international transit waterway safe and open,\u201d Shchetinin said, adding that the canal legally belongs to Panama.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-auto items-center justify-center overflow-hidden print:hidden hidden md:flex\"><\/div>\n<p>The Panama Canal links the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea and is considered one of the most important trade routes in the world. About 40 percent of U.S. container ships pass through the waterway,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/analysis\/panama-zoned-out-strategic-opportunity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a>\u00a0to the Center for Strategic and International Studies.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. government\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1899-1913\/panama-canal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">built<\/a>\u00a0the canal in the early part of the 20th century, starting under the administration of President Theodore Roosevelt, after it took over construction in 1904. Under President Jimmy Carter, negotiations\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/panama-to-control-canal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">started<\/a>\u00a0on handing over the waterway to the Panamanian government by the end of the 20th century.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has said that Chinese entities are operating the canal, which he said is unacceptable. In his inauguration speech at the U.S. Capitol on Monday, Trump again spoke about the canal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerican ships are being severely overcharged \u2026 and above all, China is operating the Panama Canal, and we didn\u2019t give it to China, we gave it to Panama, and we\u2019re taking it back,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to Trump\u2019s earlier comments, Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino, in a video released on social media in December 2024, rejected arguments that the United States could reassert control over the canal.<\/p>\n<p><main class=\"bg-white px-4\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"format-sm format format-blue mx-auto my-8 text-black sm:format-base lg:format-lg Posts_articleSection__NZTgX\">\u201cAs president, I want to clearly state that every square meter of the Panama Canal and its adjoining zone is Panama\u2019s and will remain so,\u201d Mulino\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/xpectativapty\/videos\/1759870251517481\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0at the time. \u201cThe sovereignty and independence of our country is non-negotiable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has also suggested that the United States could take control over Greenland, the world\u2019s largest island located in the North Atlantic that is currently part of Denmark\u2019s territory.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters on Monday as he signed executive orders in the White House, the president said he believes Denmark will \u201ccome along\u201d on the possible sale of Greenland to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreenland is a wonderful place. We need fair, international security, and I am sure that Denmark will come along, I think. It\u2019s costing them a lot of money to maintain it, to keep it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>From\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/russian-official-warns-trump-against-taking-control-of-panama-canal-5796436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Epoch Times<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"m-auto items-center justify-center overflow-hidden print:hidden hidden md:flex\">\n<div id=\"article_below_ads\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"not-format\">\n<div class=\"lg:mt-8 h-[800px]\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/main><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A top Russian official on Tuesday warned the Trump administration against taking over the Panama Canal after the president stated in his inaugural address that he intended&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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