China warns against ‘third party’ influence as Panama Canal port dispute simmers

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday said Beijing was ready to deepen cooperation with Panama-city" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="46737" data-entity-type="location">Panama City and that third countries should not influence their bilateral ties.“China has always maintained that China-Panama relations are not directed against any third party and should not be interfered with by any third party,” Wang said, according to a foreign ministry read-out on Wednesday.Wang made the remarks while meeting with Panamanian Foreign Minister Javier Martinez-Acha on the sidelines of a high-level United Nations Security Council meeting in New York.