Honduras is taking steps to begin official diplomatic relations with China, President Xiomara Castro announces, in a fresh blow to Taiwan which is recognized officially by only a handful of countries.
Honduras is taking steps to begin official diplomatic relations with China, President Xiomara Castro announced on Tuesday, in a fresh blow to Taiwan which is recognized officially by only a handful of countries.
During her presidential campaign, Castro said in her foreign policy manifesto that the country was looking to establish diplomatic ties with Beijing. Honduras is one of just a few countries that still has full diplomatic ties with Taiwan, a self-ruled island democracy of some 23.5 million people. Multiple nations have done just that including mostly recently Nicaragua in 2021 and the Solomon Islands in 2019.
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