🇵🇦🤝🇺🇸 — The President-elect of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, and the U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, agreed to work together on migration management, economic development, and combating organized crime, according to a statement from the Department of State

☎️ Blinken and Mulino spoke by phone and discussed "the importance of cooperating to manage migration safely and humanely," the statement said.

❗️ Additionally, Blinken emphasized the "strong" U.S. support for Panamanian efforts against corruption and organized crime and expressed the American commitment to ensuring the continued success of the Panama Canal, including improvements against climate change.

➡️ Finally, Blinken and Mulino reaffirmed that bilateral cooperation is essential to ensuring economic development and future prosperity in the region.

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