I mean, it's a violation of the treaty. What I told President Molino yesterday was that President Trump's made a preliminary determination that you're in viol that there's a violation of the treaty. You're in violation of the treaty because a sovereign other country, a third country, has effective control over the canal area. And this, absent serious measures, we're going to have to preserve our rights under the treaty. (00:55–01:03)
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Asserts that Panama is in violation of the treaty due to another country's control over the canal area.
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