Hegseth varnar för KKP:s inflytande över Panamakanalen | NTD NYHETER
Försvarsminister Pete Hegseth sa den 8 april att USA återtar inflytandet över Panamakanalen från det kinesiska kommunistpartiet. Hegseth hade sällskap av Panamas inrikesminister under ett besök i den centralamerikanska nationen.
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Our relationship with Panama, especially our security relationship, will continue to grow
in the months and years ahead. Our relationship is growing in part to meet communist China's
rising challenge. Today, the Panama Canal faces ongoing threats. The United States of America
will not allow communist China or any other country to threaten the canal's operation
or integrity. To this end, the United States and Panama have done more in recent weeks
to strengthen our defense and security cooperation than we have in decades.
China did not build this canal, China does not operate this canal, and China will not
weaponize this canal. Together with Panama in the lead, we will keep the canal secure
and available for all nations through the deterrent power of the strongest,
most effective, and most lethal fighting force in the world.
Belt and Road Initiative, a strategy used by the Chinese Communist Party to gain geopolitical
power. The harbors at each end of the Panama Canal are important passages for
cargo ships and cargo ships between the Atlantic and the Pacific.