00:00I would say that the most important issues discussed were those inherent to the Canal
00:26in function of what President Trump mentioned about the presence of China.
00:31In this sense, I made the voice of dismissal, opening, of course, the considerations
00:38so that the technical team of the Canal with which the United States is designated,
00:42can talk about it and can clarify all the doubts that they may continue to have about it.
00:47We also address with a lot of explanation the issue of the Chinese ports in the Canal,
00:57explaining that for the first time in the history of that concession, since 1997 to date,
01:02two ports belonging to the same company are audited by the authorities
01:08corresponding to the Republic of Panama and that, as it corresponds, we have to wait
01:14for that audit to end in order to draw our own legal conclusions and act in concordance.
01:21The sovereignty of Panama is not in question. That is very important.
01:26There is no doubt that the Canal is operated by our country and will continue to be so.
01:30I do not believe that there has been a discrepancy in that.
01:35The President has his opinion about the presence of China,
01:39which will be clarified at the time in the technical instances of the Canal.
01:44What Panama has done is terrible financial security for this part of the world.
01:57And, you know, 70% of the signage on the Panama Canal was written in Chinese.
02:03That's not right. It wasn't meant for China. It should have never been made.
02:08The deal was a ridiculous deal. We lost 38,000 people building the Panama Canal.
02:14One of the great wonders of the world.
02:17Think of it. It was the most expensive project ever built by this country,
02:22if you take it forward. The most expensive project ever built. We lost 38,000.
02:27And what happens? China owns it all of a sudden? It's not going to happen.
02:32We're not going to let that happen.
02:33We have national security concerns and they wouldn't let it happen either.
02:44you
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