China Allegedly Urges Panama Lawmakers To Cancel Trip to Taiwan

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China has reportedly urged lawmakers from Panama to cancel a planned trip to Taiwan. Panama's foreign ministry has appeared to hit back, saying it will not accept any conditions or pressures aimed at influencing its authorities' decisions.

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00:00Panama and China are facing growing tensions as a group of lawmakers from Panama plans

00:05to visit Taiwan.

00:07Beijing is not at all happy about the trip.

00:10Its embassy in Panama told a local media outlet, La Prensa, that the visit violates

00:14the one-China principle.

00:16The embassy allegedly reached out to the lawmakers to ask them to cancel their trip, warning

00:21it would violate Panama's foreign policy, though some of the participants say it's

00:25aimed at boosting investment and cooperation.

00:28Panama doesn't have formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan, instead recognizing China's

00:34government.

00:35Beijing opposes its allies having any official interactions with Taipei, which it claims as

00:39its territory.

00:41But there's been backlash against China's interference.

00:44Panama's foreign ministry says it will not accept any conditions or pressure aimed at influencing

00:49its authorities' decisions.

00:51And the U.S. ambassador to Panama says Beijing shouldn't be involved.

00:55Here in Taiwan, the foreign ministry also has some strong words.

00:59Taiwan's international cooperation and relationship.

01:01China's no power of power.

01:03It's more than a falsehood of foreign policy and the law of foreign policy and the law of

01:05foreign policy and the law of foreign policy.

01:07This will only reveal the freedom of the Chinese government's own power.

01:09This will only cause the freedom of the foreign policy and the law of foreign policy and the

01:13government's own power.

01:14It will also加 up the international society's反感.

01:16The foreign ministry wants to invite the government to strongly condemn China's foreign policy and the

01:18in強烈譴責中國不當干預他國主權決策的作為.

01:23Notably, though, Panama's president made it clear

01:25that his government didn't support or approve the trip.

01:29It's unclear if these tensions have affected the trip.

01:32Taiwan's foreign ministry declined to comment

01:34on whether the lawmakers are still expected to come,

01:37but if they do come, Beijing is likely to escalate its pushback.

01:41Joseph Wu and Cadence Quaranta for Taiwan Plus.

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