US Secretary of State Marco Rubio welcomes Panama's decision to make it involved in China's global infrastructure plan to expire, saying that this move has "a huge step" with the United States.

Any move in Panama is far from the signature belt and road initiative of Chinese President Xi Jinping on behalf of Washington. The victory argued that Beijing used the plan to consolidate its global influence.

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Panama President Joséraúlmulino and Rubio said that his country's extensive consent will not be renewed and can be terminated as soon as possible. He said the transaction will expire within two to three years, but there is no detailed explanation.

"Yesterday President @josraulmulino announced that Panama would allow it to participate in the CCP's belt and road initiative to expire. This is the Panner relationship in the United States. Rubio.

Professor Yang Jun, a senior researcher of the New York Foreign Relations Smart Commission, said that Panama's "major" decision to withdraw from BRI shows that the early victory of the "marginal technology diplomacy" of the New Trump administration is not necessarily easy to copy.

Huang said: "Now, the United States seems to be focusing on Latin America in the backyard. These countries still need to rely on the support and trade of the United States."

"But I'm not sure if the United States will use similar influence to force Asian countries to make similar concessions. Given that China is already the most influential actor in the region."

China's embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request to comment on the plan or the canal issue.

Panama was the first Latin American country to officially recognize BRI in November 2017. This was five months after transferring diplomacy from Taiwan to China.

China rejected Western criticism of the initiative, saying that more than 100 countries have joined the plan and through new ports, bridges, railways, and other projects to enhance global development.

Nonetheless, it is still facing controversy, and some partners' national criticism projects have high costs and efforts to repay loans. Italy was withdrawn the plan in 2023, which was under pressure from the concerns of Beijing's economic scope.

This American concern has long expanded to some Chinese companies near the Panama Canal, including a company in Hong Kong that operates two ports, one ends of the waterway built by the United States in the early 20th century, and then transferred to 1999 Go to Panama year.

Two Chinese state -owned companies are building a fourth bridge on one entrance of the canal.

The U.S. State Department said on Sunday that Rubio conveyed a message to Trump, which pose a threat to the canal in China and violated the Pannama Treaty in the United States.

After a talk with Lubero, Murino stated that he was willing to review the 25 -year concession to CK Hutchison Holdings, which is headquartered in Hong Kong, and continued to sign two entrance ports in 2021 to wait for the audit results.

The contract is the goal of the US legislators and the government as an example of China's expansion in Panama. They said that it violated a neutral treaty signed by the two countries in 1977.

Rubio said behind his next trip to San Salvador in his trip to Latin America, saying that Mulino was a friend in the United States, and Panama was a powerful partner and allies. He said that his interview had achieved "it may be really beautiful."

"We don't want to establish hostile or negative relationships with Panama."

Ryan Berg, director of the Americas Planning of the Washington Strategy and International Research Center, said that if the audit indicates that the transaction is damaged by corruption, it can provide a method of relaxation.

"This provides more legal framework for Panama to get rid of franchise and let Panama be reopened so that American or European companies may come in and win bidding."