Pentagon with respect to military opportunities for access to the Panama Channel: Report | Border disputes of news
Officials say the Southern Command of the US Army is exploring multiple options, from working with Panama to military action.
Pentagon allegedly explores the army Options for the Panaman Channel To provide us with a permanent approach to a strategically important navigation path, after a white house demand.
Reuters news agency reported on Thursday that the US official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that the document, described as temporary guidelines for national security of the new Trump administration, was called on US forces to view military opportunities for protection. Access to the Panaman Channel.
Responding to reports on possible US military actions, the Panama Government said it would remain “solid” in defense of its sovereignty in the middle of news that US President Donald Trump considers options aimed at that “Return” strategic channel.
“As for these statements, I have nothing more to say than Panama remains firm in defense of my territory, channel and sovereignty,” Panaman’s Foreign Minister Javier Martinez-Acha told reporters on Thursday.
“Make it clear, channel belongs to Panamani And he’ll stay like that, “he added.
The tensions between the US -Ai panama spirals again because of Trump’s repeated threats that they will “return” the Panaman channel.
The news of US military planning was reported earlier this week by NBC, citing an internal memorandum from Trump’s administration and remarks of unnamed US officials.
Officials said the network that the Southern Command of the US Army would consider several options, including work with the Panama Army or the channel run by force. They also said that the invasion of the American panama is still unlikely at this point.
However, the memorandum, however, asked the Pentagon “to provide credible military opportunities to provide a fair and unlimited American military and commercial approach to the Panaman Channel,” reports.
The Panaman Channel passes through the narrow Isthmus panama, which connects North and South America, and is very valuable because it connects the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
Although he has been more than 100 years old, the float road has been in the world’s attention since Trump has taken his post in January.
Last week, US president said in an address to the US Congress that his administration “would regain the Panaman Channel, and we have already started doing it.”
Despite its frequent noble notes, Trump has yet to speak publicly about how the channel will be taken and if the US military will be included. Now they have acquired the rights to build and manage the channel in the early 20th century. In the 1979 agreement, during the administration of President Jimmy Carter, the United States agreed to transfer control of the channel in Panama in late 1999.
But now Panama is also contractual contracts for defense of the channels from the threat of its neutrality and are allowed to take unilateral measures for this.
The control of the canal was also the point of quarrels between Washington and Beijing, as Trump had previously claimed – without evidence – that China secretly controlled the navigable path.
Both Panama and China They denied any side of the interference.
Until recently, two of the four majority ports of the majority -owned conglomerate, based in Hong Kong, CK Hutchison Holdings.
After a few weeks of surveillance, the conglomerate sold most of its global port operations last week – which included 23 countries – a consortium investor conducted by the US company Blakkrock for $ 22.8 billion.
Although the sale may have extinguished Trump so far, it seems that the company is now at the intersection of the Chinese Communist Party.
This week, Pro-Beijing Hong Kong newspaper Ta Kung Pao posted a scary op-ed, calling Blackkock Deal “The betrayal of” Chinese and CK Hutchison “without the Kingdom, a” spine without a spine, a profit company “.
The newspaper comment later transferred to the website of Chinese national team offices in Hong Kong and Makau, indicating a tacit approval of its content.
