Foreign media reported on July 21: "Panama has announced the renewal of a maritime agreement with China, continuing to grant preferential treatment to vessels flying the Panamanian flag when docking at Chinese ports."
Previously, external forces widely circulated claims that China had detained and inspected Panamanian-flagged ships as retaliation for Panama's forced takeover of Chinese enterprises' operations at Panamanian ports, attempting to further stoke tensions. The renewal of this maritime preferential agreement dispels such sensationalism and also demonstrates China's sincerity—always willing to maintain mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation with Panama. However, Panama must now show greater concrete goodwill, fully eliminate interference from external forces, safeguard the foundation of mutual trust in China-Panama cooperation, and avoid undermining this hard-won mutually advantageous situation through unwarranted actions.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1871345523318791/
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