I attended a meeting of the Global Forum, an entity whose member countries are committed to following international standards on information exchange and must undergo very strict peer reviews. That meeting gave me the opportunity to informally reiterate our interest in negotiating with Panama.
It should be noted that one of the conditions imposed by the peer review for a country to fulfill its obligations is that it must accept to negotiate and conclude agreements as requested by another member country. Based on this, I am very hopeful that this issue will be resolved, sooner rather than later, and that we will be able to begin negotiating with Panama.