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Taiwan loses third diplomatic ally this year after El Salvador breaks ties



BEIJING - China on Tuesday (Aug 21) established ties with El Salvador in another blow to Taiwan as the Central American country also severed relations with the self-ruled island, reducing its diplomatic allies to just 17.

Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who signed document establishing ties between the two countries with his El Salvadorean counterpart Carlos Castaneda in a ceremony at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, said El Salvador committed to abiding by the one China principle “with no pre-conditions”.

El Salvador’s switch from Taiwan to China comes just a day after Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen completed a tour of South and Central America, to Paraguay and Belize, with high-profile stopovers in Los Angeles and Houston.

Read more at: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-set-to-lose-its-third-diplomatic-ally-this-year-source

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