Panama has complained to the United Nations over President Donald Trump's "worrying" threat to seize the Panama Canal.

The Panamanian government has filed a complaint with the United Nations over US President Donald Trump's threat to seize the Panama Canal.In a letter to UN

President Trump said of the Panama Canal, “We’re taking it back.” The letter from Panama cited articles of the U.N. charter that prohibit member states from using threats and force.

The president of Panama has formally complained to the United Nations about President Donald Trump's "threats" to acquire the Panama Canal. The New York Times reviewed the letter sent by José Raúl Mulino to U.

Panama has alerted the United Nations - in a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday - to US President Donald Trump's remarks during his inauguration speech, when he vowed that the United States would take back the Panama Canal.

Panama has formally lodged a complaint with the United Nations in response to US President Donald Trump's "worrying" threat to seize control of the Panama Canal. At the same time, the Panamanian government has initiated an audit of the Hong Kong-linked operator managing two ports along the vital waterway.

The United Nations has expressed concerns over remarks by US President Donald Trump that the United States will reclaim the Panama Canal.

While U.S. President Trump also expressed his willingness to regain the Panama Canal in his inaugural speech, the Panama government has appealed to the United

Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino has denied that any other nation was interfering in the canal, which he said was operated on a principle of neutrality. "The canal is and will remain Panama's," Mulino said in response to Trump's threats.

Panama has raised concerns at the United Nations over President Donald Trump's threat to reclaim the Panama Canal while also auditing a Hong Kong-linked company's Panama Ports operation. Trump alleges China's growing influence over the canal,

In his inaugural address on Monday, Donald Trump repeated his complaint that China was effectively "operating" the Panama Canal through its growing presence around the waterway, which the United States handed over at the end of 1999.

The Panamanian comptroller's office that oversees public entities announced “an exhaustive audit" at the Panama Ports Company.