The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Taiwan in response to the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Panama have promised to review relations with Beijing. About it reports The South China Morning Post.
“The steps taken by Beijing, not just wrong, they negatively affect the whole current situation, turning the peaceful development of relations between the parties in the confrontation,” — said the head of the national security Council of Taiwan, Joseph Wu.
The foreign Ministry of Taiwan has criticized the so-called “checkbook diplomacy” resorted to by Beijing, seeking to win over all the allies of Taiwan.
The foreign Minister of Taiwan, David Lee stated that the authorities are going to stop diplomatic relations with Panama, to close the Embassy and to cease to provide a Latin American country financial and technical assistance
As notes the edition, at present, the Taiwan authorities support a total of 20 countries.
On 12 June, the President of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela has established formal diplomatic relations with China. He pointed out that the government break all diplomatic ties with Taiwan and agrees to cease all relations and official contacts with him.
After the decision of Panama to the world there are 20 States that have diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Most of them are in Central and South America, and Oceania. The recognition of the sovereignty of the PRC over Taiwan is a mandatory condition to maintain diplomatic relations with Beijing.
The Republic of China (Taiwan) was founded in 1912 and until 1949 ruled all of mainland China. After the conservative Kuomintang party was defeated in the Civil war and emerged people’s Republic of China (PRC), the previous government retreated to Taiwan and other neighboring Islands, in fact establishing a state with its capital in Taipei. China and Taiwan do not recognize each other’s sovereignty.