(Togetica / Taipei Comprehensive News) Foreign Minister of Honduras said that the establishment of diplomatic relations with Beijing is due to economic considerations, not being driven by ideology.
Comprehensive Agence France -Presse and Reuters reported that Reina said in an interview with Mexico TV on Wednesday (March 15) that Honduras was endless in terms of energy, social policy and debt repayment, and these debts were flooding the country.
He said that Honduras paid $ 2.2 billion (Same as S $ 2.966 billion) last year. This year, it must pay another $ 2.3 billion to repay domestic and foreign debts, with a total debt of 20 billion US dollars.
Reina said that Honduras had demanded that Taiwan has doubled its aid of $ 50 million per year, and considers Hong Guocai's 600 million US dollars in debt, but has not received a positive response from Taiwan.He said that 171 countries around the world have diplomatic relations with China, and economic reality has led Honduras to "make this decision" to seek more investment and business opportunities.He revealed that the Hong State government is likely to formally establish diplomatic relations with Beijing in the next few days, and has contacted the Chinese Ambassador to Costa Rica to start negotiations.
The Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a press release on Thursday (16th) that Taiwan's proposal to Honduras has responded positively from beginning to end, and said that the remarks in the interview did not fully reflect the communication of both parties.
Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that since President Hongdu, President Castro took office, Taiwan has actively negotiated with Hong Guo's continuous consultation on bilateral cooperation plans, "communication has never stopped."The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also said that Taiwan will never compete with Mainland China, and calls on the Hong Kingdom government, which is trapped in debt, not to drink thirst, and fall into the debt trap of the mainland.
The U.S. State Department spokesman warned Honduras on Wednesday, and Beijing made a lot of unspeakable commitments.The spokesman also said that the United States encouraged all countries to expand contact with Taiwan.
Castro posted on Tuesday (14th) on Tuesday (14th) in local time, saying that it has instructed Reina to deal with the formal establishment of diplomatic relations with mainland China.The Voice of Germany quoted people familiar with the matter on Thursday that the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that a few weeks before the establishment of diplomatic relations with Beijing, they already learned that the matter may happen, but there was no action.People familiar with the matter said that Honduras had hoped that Taiwan would provide assistance to a number of plans related to the construction of the energy network, but the Taiwan government was too hesitant.
