𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗢 𝗦𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣'𝗦 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 "𝗡𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗘:" "𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗔 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗜𝗘𝗥 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗟"

 

President José Raúl Mulino, President-elect Donald Trump

by Shweta Kukreli

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino dismissed US President-elect Donald Trump's  unfounded allegation that Chinese troops are “operating the Panama Canal”.

This comes after Trump accused the Panamanian administration of “ripping off” the US at Panama Canal.

Taking to his social media platform Truth Social, Trump mockingly extended Christmas greetings to “the wonderful soldiers of China, who are lovingly, but illegally, operating the Panama Canal” and “making certain that the United States puts in Billions of Dollars in ‘repair’ money, but will have absolutely nothing to say about anything.”

Calling Trump's allegation “nonsense”, the Panamanian President told reporters in Panama City that there is “absolutely no Chinese interference”, as per the UK Independent.

“There is not a single Chinese soldier in the canal. For the love of God, you are free, the whole world is free, to visit the canal if you please,” he stated.

Source: Hindustan Times