Taiwan says ties with Honduras strong despite its Chinese office plan
05/12/2021 03:32 PM
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taipei. CNA file photo
Taipei, May 12 (CNA) Taiwan s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Wednesday it has been given assurance by the Honduran foreign minister that bilateral diplomatic ties with the Central American ally remain strong despite the Honduran President floating the possibility of opening a trade office in China in a bid to acquire COVID-19 vaccines.
In a televised speech Tuesday, President Juan Orlando Hernandez said his government was willing to do whatever was necessary to help its people during the global pandemic.
2021/05/12 21:13 TAO spokeswoman Zhu Fenglian TAO spokeswoman Zhu Fenglian (Wikimedia Commons photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Wednesday slammed China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) for improperly criticizing Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) and threatening to severely punish him, CNA reported. In the wake of the World Health Assembly rejecting Taiwan’s effort to regain its observer status in the organization, the Chinese government announced that it had already made arrangements for Taiwan’s participation in global health affairs. In response, Wu made a rebuttal on Twitter, pointing out that the Chinese regime was lying and has no mandate to represent Taiwan internationally.
Stop hyping up Taiwan-related issues , China tells US ANI | Updated: May 11, 2021 07:47 IST
Beijing [China], May 11 (ANI): Opposing the growing calls for Taiwan s participation as an observer at World Health Assembly (WHA), China attacked the United States on Monday for supporting Taipei s bid at the table of WHO s decision-making body. US Secretary of StateBlinken s statement calling for Taiwan s participation as an observer at WHA gravely violates the one-China principle and three China-US joint communiques and interferes in China s domestic affairs. We deplore and reject it, said Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying during a press briefing on Monday. We urge the US to stop hyping up Taiwan-related issues, which will not help with the global anti-virus cooperation and will be firmly rejected by the vast majority of members of the international community, the spokesperson added.
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By Austin Babb and Jason Wu
Guidelines, Visit Show Improving U.S. Ties
U.S.-Taiwan relations are showing further signs of strengthening as Washington continues to make overt gestures of support for Taiwan. The U.S. Department of State recently released an update to guidelines regarding interactions between American diplomats and their Taiwan counterparts. In a short press statement, the State Department highlighted Taiwan as a “vibrant democracy and an important security and economic partner,” and said that the new guidelines “liberalize guidance on contacts with Taiwan.” Taiwan’s representative to the U.S. Hsiao Bi-khim and other Taiwanese officials and politicians took to Twitter to welcome the State Department’s decision.
2021/05/10 20:55 A two-day event organized by Taiwan s Central America Trade Office in Taipei took place between May 6 and 7. (Central America Trade Offi. A two-day event organized by Taiwan s Central America Trade Office in Taipei took place between May 6 and 7. (Central America Trade Office photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) The Taiwanese coffee market has grown in the past decade, while coffee imports from Central America have increased over twofold, according to Taiwan’s Central America Trade Office (CATO). As a celebration of the ties between Taiwan and Honduras, officials from Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as ambassadors from Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua joined coffee traders at an event on May 6 and 7, with the three nations all bringing their signature coffees.