Honduras: Economic needs forced switch to China

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 17, 2023 12:06 am

TEGUCIGALPA: Economic necessity and Taiwan's refusal to increase financial aid were behind Honduras' decision to establish diplomatic ties with China, Honduran Foreign Minister Eduardo Reina said on Wednesday.

Honduran President Xiomara Castro announced on Tuesday that she had instructed Reina to 'undertake the official opening of relations' with China, a move that would sever the Central American country's longstanding diplomatic relationship with Taiwan.

DIPLOMATIC DUMPING A municipal worker cleans the bust of Sun Yat-sen at the Republic of China Square in Honduras’ capital Tegucigalpa on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. AFP PHOTO

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