Honduras’s Castro Cuts Diplomatic Ties With Taiwan, Recognizes China
Honduras’s leftist government has cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan, the Latin American country announced Saturday, saying it recognizes “only one China in the world” under pressure from China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The announcement by Honduras’s Foreign Ministry posted on Twitter, and also reported by China’s state-controlled media CCTV, comes amid rising tensions between Beijing and the U.S.-led democratic international rules-based order, including the CCP’s increasing aggression toward self-ruled Taiwan. The move leaves Taiwan recognized by only 13 sovereign states. “The government of the Republic of Honduras recognizes the existence of only one China in the world and that the government of the People’s Republic of China is the only legitimate government that represents all of China,” the Honduran ministry statement said. It added that “Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory, and as of today, the Honduran government has informed Taiwan of the severance of diplomatic relations, pledging not to have any official relationship or contact with Taiwan.” Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said on Sunday that the governments of Honduras and China were discussing establishing ties and that Taiwan had ended its relations with Honduras to “safeguard its sovereignty and dignity.” Wu said that Honduras President Xiomara Castro and her team always had a “fantasy” about China, and had raised the issue of switching ties before the presidential election in Honduras in 2021 saw the defeat of conservative President Juan Orlando Hernandez. “With Taiwan’s efforts on the matter, the relations between Taiwan and Honduras were once stable at the beginning of Castro’s term, but China had not stopped luring Honduras,” Wu said at a news conference. With deep regret we announce the termination of diplomatic relations with Honduras. 82 years of friendship & cooperation bringing real benefit to the peoples were dismissed by the Castro government. Taiwan remains unbowed & continues to work as a force for good in the world. — 外交部 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC (Taiwan)
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Honduras’s leftist government has cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan, the Latin American country announced Saturday, saying it recognizes “only one China in the world” under pressure from China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The announcement by Honduras’s Foreign Ministry posted on Twitter, and also reported by China’s state-controlled media CCTV, comes amid rising tensions between Beijing and the U.S.-led democratic international rules-based order, including the CCP’s increasing aggression toward self-ruled Taiwan. The move leaves Taiwan recognized by only 13 sovereign states.
“The government of the Republic of Honduras recognizes the existence of only one China in the world and that the government of the People’s Republic of China is the only legitimate government that represents all of China,” the Honduran ministry statement said.
It added that “Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory, and as of today, the Honduran government has informed Taiwan of the severance of diplomatic relations, pledging not to have any official relationship or contact with Taiwan.”
Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said on Sunday that the governments of Honduras and China were discussing establishing ties and that Taiwan had ended its relations with Honduras to “safeguard its sovereignty and dignity.”
Wu said that Honduras President Xiomara Castro and her team always had a “fantasy” about China, and had raised the issue of switching ties before the presidential election in Honduras in 2021 saw the defeat of conservative President Juan Orlando Hernandez.
“With Taiwan’s efforts on the matter, the relations between Taiwan and Honduras were once stable at the beginning of Castro’s term, but China had not stopped luring Honduras,” Wu said at a news conference.
With deep regret we announce the termination of diplomatic relations with Honduras. 82 years of friendship & cooperation bringing real benefit to the peoples were dismissed by the Castro government. Taiwan remains unbowed & continues to work as a force for good in the world.
— 外交部 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC (Taiwan)
