Honduras’ president to visit China after cutting ties with Taiwan

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Honduras’ president Xiomara Castro announced last week that Honduras, under her administration, was opening diplomatic relations with China.

TEGUCIGALPA: Honduran president Xiomara Castro will travel to China “soon,” the Honduran foreign ministry said on Twitter on Wednesday, without providing a date for the trip. The announcement came days after China established diplomatic ties with Honduras as the Central American country ended its decades-long relationship with Taiwan.

Honduras’ foreign minister travelled to China last week, days after Castro tweeted her government would seek to open relations with Beijing, which officially established ties with Honduras on Sunday.Taiwan, left with diplomatic relations with only 13 countries, accused Honduras of demanding exorbitant sums before severing ties.

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