
Panama’s President José Mulino said privately this week that if President-elect Donald Trump continues to threaten his country, he could take the issue to the United Nations Security Council, according to Panama’s former president Ernesto Balladares, Report informs via Politico.
But Mulino said he was waiting until Trump takes office to assess whether the incoming US president will press the matter, according to Balladares.
“He said he will take more actions after January 20 … if President-elect Trump insists on the issue,” Balladares recounted in an interview at his office.
Balladares said that Mulino made the remarks to him during a Wednesday gathering at Panama’s presidential palace, where Latin American leaders met with Venezuela’s opposition leader Edmundo González.
Mulino did not specify any other actions he might take, according to Balladares.