[1/3] Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang shakes hands with Honduran Foreign Minister Eduardo Enrique Reina during the ceremony establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse March 26, 2023 in Beijing, China. Lintao Zhang/Pool via Portal/File Photo
BEIJING, June 11 (Portal) – Honduras opened an embassy in China on Sunday, Chinese state media reported after the Central American country severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan earlier this year.
The embassy in Beijing was opened by the foreign ministers of both countries, the state broadcaster CCTV reported.
Honduran President Xiomara Castro is on a state visit to China to meet with her Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, state media reported.
Tegucigalpa ended its decades-long relationship with Taipei in March and established diplomatic ties with Beijing.
China claims democratically-ruled Taiwan as its own territory with no right to interstate relations, a position Taipei staunchly rejects. China demands that countries with which it has relations recognize its position.
Taiwan currently has formal diplomatic ties with only 13 countries, mostly poor and developing countries in Central America, the Caribbean and the Pacific.
Reporting by Ellen Zhang and Martin Quin Pollard; Edited by William Mallard
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