China Isolates Taiwan Further With Nicaragua Diplomatic Switch
- Most nations still with full Taiwan relations are in Caribbean
- Taiwan says it regrets Nicaragua’s decision to sever ties
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Nicaragua cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan and recognized Beijing, the first country to do so in more than two years, leaving the democratically run island with a diminishing number of diplomatic partners.
“The government of the Republic of Nicaragua recognizes that there is only one, single China in the world,” Foreign Minister Denis Moncada said in a statement, according to state-run newspaper El 19. “The People’s Republic of China is the only legitimate government that represents all of China, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of the Chinese territory.”