Transcript - Remarks: Donald Trump Meets with Juan Carlos Varela of Panama - June 19, 2017 | Factba.se

Donald Trump

00:00:00 - 00:00:17 (17 sec)

It's our great honor to have President and Mrs. Varela from Panama. We have may things to discuss. We're going to spend quite a bit of time today. Panama Canal is doing quite well, I think we did a good job building it, right?

Juan Carlos Varela

00:00:17 - 00:00:19 (2 sec)

100 years ago, yes.

Donald Trump

00:00:19 - 00:00:40 (21 sec)

But, things are going well in Panama. The relationship has been very strong. We are developing new things to do, and only getting stronger. And our, also, friendship with the President is very good. So, I just want to thank you very much and say it's an honor to have you at the White House.

Question

00:00:40 - 00:00:43 (3 sec)

Mr. President are you under investigation by the special counsel?

Juan Carlos Varela

00:00:43 - 00:00:59 (16 sec)

I would like -- I would like to thank President Trump for -- I would like to thank President Trump and his wife for receiving us today at the White House. It's an honor for me to be here. There's a long friendship between Panama and the United States, and we face the same challenges in the region.

Juan Carlos Varela

00:00:59 - 00:01:11 (12 sec)

So, the idea of this visit is to work closely together to face the same challenges that we have in the region of Central America, Latin America, and in our continent. So, I'm really happy to be here today and for four days in Washington.

Juan Carlos Varela

00:01:11 - 00:01:23 (12 sec)

And I'm looking forward to this meeting and the meeting with the other Directors of the agencies to establish -- to work together very closely with President Trump's administration for the future of the region. Thank you.

Donald Trump

00:01:23 - 00:01:27 (4 sec)

Thank you very much everybody.