Panama City:
China on Tuesday denied the claim of US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that Beijing intervents the operation of the Panama Canal.
As Hegseth visited the Central American country amidst acute tension on the waterway, the Chinese Embassy issued a statement that the United States was urged that the embassy called “Blackmail” and Panama’s “Loot”.
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