Donald Trump wants the Panama channel and the Suez channel to be free for US ships

US President Donald Trump wants American warships and commercial ships to be able to use the Panama Canal and the Suez Canal. He informed about his idea in his social media.

Donald Trump He stated on Saturday that American warships and commercial ships should be able to use the Panama Canal and the Suez Canal. In the post posted on his Truth Social platform, the president wrote that he had obliged the secretary of state Marco Rubio to immediately deal with this matter.

The Reuters agency reminds that the Panama Canal is the narrowest part of the isthmus between North and South America, enabling ships to move the fastest movement between the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific. There are about 40 percent of the US -annual USA to the Panama channel.

In turn belonging to Egypt The Suez Canal, connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is one of the most important world waterways.

Trump wants to “recover” the Panama channel

The United States completed the construction of the Panama Canal at the beginning of the 20th century, but in 1999 they gave Panama control over this strategically important waterway. After coming to power in January this year, Trump repeated many times that he wanted to “regain” the channel for the United States and did not rule out the use of military force for this purpose. The US president accused Panama of charging too high fees from American ships and allows the authorities China influence the management of the Panama Canal.

At the beginning of April, an intergovernmental agreement was signed, under which Panama agreed to the stationing of American troops in areas near the channel and in its vicinity. The agreement, however, excludes the possibility of building permanent military bases.

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