PANAMA CITY: Panama’s President Juan Carlos Varela assured his French counterpart Francois Hollande on Friday (Saturday in Manila) his country was committed to cooperating in the fight against money laundering, his office said.

Varela, whose government is reeling from the so-called Panama Papers leaks, spoke with Hollande by phone after France said it was putting his country back on its list of those that do not cooperate in efforts to track down tax dodgers.

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