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Panama President, Jose Raul Mulino, on Wednesday, hit back at US President Donald Trumpās threats of taking back a key trade route, the Panama Canal.
On Monday, Trump said during his inaugural address that China was āoperatingā the Panama Canal via its growing presence around the waterway.
āWe did not give it to China, we gave it to Panama. And we are taking it back,ā Trump said.
Reacting, Mulino said the Panama Canal wasnāt a gift from the United States.
He spoke during a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday.
Mulino said, āWe reject in its entirety everything that Mr Trump has said. First because it is false and second because the Panama Canal belongs to Panama and will continue to belong to Panama.
āThe Panama Canal wasnāt a concession or a gift from the United States.ā
The canal was inaugurated back in 1914 and was built by the United States.
However, it was handed to Panama on December 31, 1999, under treaties signed some two decades earlier.
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