US Defense Secretary Hegseth to visit Panama next week
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FILE PHOTO: Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, attends a joint news conference with Gen Nakatani, Japan's defense minister, not photographed, at the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, March 30, 2025. Kiyoshi Ota/Pool via REUTERS/File Pho
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel early next week to Panama where he will participate in an annual Central American security conference, the Pentagon said on Friday.
Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said Hegseth would hold bilateral meetings at the conference "that will drive ongoing efforts to strengthen our partnerships with Panama and other Central American nations toward our shared vision for a peaceful and secure Western Hemisphere."
U.S. President Donald Trump has said repeatedly he wants to "take back" the Panama Canal, which is considered one of the world's most strategically important waterways, but he has not offered specifics about how he would do so, or if military action might be required.
(Reporting by Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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