Trump demands free passage via Suez Canal

RT：特朗普要求蘇伊士運河免費讓美國軍艦及商船通行

US warships and commercial vessels should not be charged for passing crucial waterways, the president claims

美國總統(tǒng)聲稱，美國軍艦及商船通過關(guān)鍵水道不應(yīng)被收費

President Donald Trump has claimed that neither the Panama nor Suez Canal would “exist” without the United States, demanding that American commercial and military vessels be allowed to pass through the crucial waterways totally free of charge.

美國總統(tǒng)唐納德·特朗普聲稱，無論是巴拿馬運河還是蘇伊士運河，若沒有美國都將“不復(fù)存在”，并要求美國商業(yè)及軍事船只應(yīng)被允許完全免費通過這兩條關(guān)鍵水道。

Trump has repeatedly expressed his intention to “take back” control of the Panama Canal, using economic or military means if necessary. On Saturday, the US president’s desire to protect American “national security” interests from Chinese competition extended to another strategic waterway – Egypt’s Suez Canal, which connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.

特朗普多次表示有意通過經(jīng)濟(jì)或軍事手段“收回”巴拿馬運河的控制權(quán)。上周六，這位美國總統(tǒng)保護(hù)美國“國家安全”利益免受中國競爭的愿望延伸至另一條戰(zhàn)略水道——連接地中海與紅海的埃及蘇伊士運河。

“American ships, both military and commercial, should be allowed to travel, free of charge, through the Panama and Suez Canals! Those canals would not exist without the United States of America,” the president said in a Truth Social post.

“美國的船只，無論是軍用還是商用，都應(yīng)被允許免費通過巴拿馬運河和蘇伊士運河！沒有美利堅合眾國，這些運河就不會存在，”總統(tǒng)在其 Truth Social 帖子中寫道。

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was already instructed “to immediately take care of, and memorialize [sic], this situation,” Trump added.

特朗普補充說，已指示美國國務(wù)卿馬可·盧比奧“立即處理并正式記錄[原文如此]這一情況”。

Trump did not elaborate on how exactly Washington ensured the existence of the Suez Canal, which was conceived, financed and built without US involvement in the 1850s. It operated under French, British, and later Egyptian control, all without American construction or funding. The US, however, led an international mine-clearing effort in the waterway following the Yom Kippur War between Egypt and Israel in 1973.

特朗普并未詳細(xì)說明華盛頓如何確保蘇伊士運河的存在，該運河于 19 世紀(jì) 50 年代構(gòu)想、融資并建造，全程無美國參與。它先后在法國、英國及后來的埃及控制下運營，均無美國的建設(shè)或資金支持。不過，在 1973 年埃及與以色列的贖罪日戰(zhàn)爭后，美國主導(dǎo)了該水道國際掃雷行動。

The construction of the Panama Canal, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, was indeed carried out by the US in the early 20th century after an initial French project stalled. The canal was transferred to Panamanian control in 1999 under the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, which stipulated that it would remain neutral and open to all nations.

連接大西洋與太平洋的巴拿馬運河確實由美國于 20 世紀(jì)初建造，此前法國的初始項目陷入停滯。根據(jù)《托里霍斯-卡特條約》，該運河于 199 年移交巴拿馬控制，條約規(guī)定運河保持中立并向所有國家開放。

Trump and US officials have argued that China’s economic activities – including infrastructure projects and port operations – may violate the 1977 Panama Canal Neutrality Treaty, which grants the US the right to “defend” the waterway.

特朗普及美國官員聲稱，中國的經(jīng)濟(jì)活動——包括基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施項目及港口運營——可能違反 1977 年《巴拿馬運河中立條約》，該條約賦予美國“防衛(wèi)”該水道的權(quán)利。
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Panamanian officials have previously rejected Trump’s assertions and threats, while the Panama Canal Authority maintains that the canal is operated solely by Panamanians, with no evidence supporting claims of Chinese control. President Jose Raul Mulino has stated that the canal is part of Panama’s “inalienable patrimony” and stressed that the country maintains full control over its operations.

巴拿馬官員此前已駁斥特朗普的斷言與威脅，巴拿馬運河管理局強調(diào)運河完全由巴方運營，無證據(jù)支持中方控制的說法?？偨y(tǒng)何塞·勞爾·穆利諾聲明運河是巴拿馬“不可剝奪的遺產(chǎn)”，并堅稱國家對其運營擁有完全掌控權(quán)。

However, after Rubio personally delivered Trump’s ultimatum to Panama in February, Mulino made a concession to Washington by refusing to renew the country’s 2017 agreements with China under Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative.

然而，在盧比奧二月親自向巴拿馬遞交特朗普最后通牒后，穆利諾對華盛頓作出讓步，拒絕續(xù)簽該國 2017 年與中國在“一帶一路”倡議下達(dá)成的合作協(xié)議。
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Earlier this month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that multiple US Navy vessels, Coast Guard assets, and aircraft have been deployed in and around Panama as part of “bold first steps to revive our defense and security ties between our countries.”

本月早些時候，國防部長皮特·赫格塞斯宣布，作為“重振兩國防務(wù)與安全關(guān)系的果敢第一步”，美國已派遣多艘海軍艦艇、海岸警衛(wèi)隊裝備及軍機(jī)部署至巴拿馬及周邊區(qū)域。