China blasts us while Panama gives up the belt and road initiative | Trade war

Against the background of the US pressure, Panama is the first country of Latin America to leave Beijing's global infrastructure club.

China has struck the “Cold War mentality” of Washington in Latin America after Panama left his Belt and Road Initiative (Bri).

A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China on Friday struck the United States to sabotage the global infrastructure program.

Beijing “firmly opposes the United States, using pressure and coercion to spread and undermine the cooperation of the belt and the path,” Lynn Jian says in a statement. “The attacks of the American side … again expose its hegemonic nature.”

Referring to a visit this week to the region by marco rubio, Lin Said the Us Secretary of State's Comments “Unjustly Accus China, Deliberately Sowreore IRS, and Undermine China's Legitimate Rights and Interests “.

Jian noted that over 20 Latin American countries are among more than 150 countries that participated in BRI since they were introduced by China in 2013.

Panama in 2017 became the first in the region to officially join the mass infrastructure A plan, which is the central pillar of the President Jinping's candidacy to expand the global influence of his country.

But on Thursday, Panama President Jose Raul Mulino said his country had officially reported that he would leave the project.

The announcement followed a visit from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who also toured the Panama Canal.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly accused Panama of controlling China's strategic waterway, despite denials from both sides.

Mulino denied that the United States had pushed Panama to move to leave BRI.

Rubio, who threatened the actions against Panama, unless he made immediate changes to reduce the Chinese influence on the channel, welcomes the message as a “big step forward” for bilateral relations.

Beijing on Friday insisted that he “supported Panama's sovereignty over the channel.”

“We hope that Panama will make the right decision on the basis of the overall situation of bilateral relations and the long -term interests of the two peoples and the elimination of external intervention,” Jian said.