The government of Panama announced on Tuesday it sent a formal letter to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressing its “concerns” over President Donald Trump’s statements on having the United States retake control of the Panama Canal.
The Panamanian Foreign Ministry published a copy of the missive signed by the nation’s Permanent Representative at the U.N. Eloy Alfaro de Alba. In the letter, the diplomat referred to Article 2 of the United Nations charter which states that all member-states “shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.”
The diplomat also requested that Guterres forward a
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