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Germany calls Trump's vow to take Panama Canal 'unacceptable'

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. [Photo, AFP]

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Tuesday criticised Donald Trump's "unacceptable" pledge to seize the Panama Canal, which the returning US president repeated in his inaugural address.

Baerbock was asked in an interview about Trump's comments Monday on the waterway and on his desire to control Greenland, an autonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark.

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