Separating audio channels

I'm used to Final Cut where when you import a video track with two separate audio channels the left and audio tracks are in separate tracks and you can easily select one of the two. In Premiere even though I see both tracks I don't know how to separate them, i.e. how to unlink the left from the right channel. How do I do that?

See the section
Break a stereo track into mono tracks in the Premiere Pro Help.
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Eddie
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