BEIJING, 11 Jun: Honduras opened an embassy in Beijing on Sunday, Chinese state media reported, months after the Central American nation broke off relations with Taiwan to establish diplomatic ties with China.
\nChina\u2019s Foreign Minister Qin Gang and his Honduran counterpart Enrique Reina took part in the inauguration of the embassy on Sunday morning, China\u2019s official CCTV said. The report said Honduras still needed to determine the embassy\u2019s permanent location and would increase its number of staff.
\nQin pledged that China would establish a new model with Honduras of \u201cfriendly cooperation\u201d between countries with different sizes and systems, according to a statement from China\u2019s Foreign Ministry.
\nThe symbol of the two sides\u2019 strengthening diplomatic ties came during Honduran President Xiomara Castro\u2019s six-day visit to China.
\nHonduras established formal relations with China in March, becoming the latest in a string of countries to break diplomatic ties with Taiwan. China sees self-governed Taiwan as a breakaway province, to be retaken by force if necessary, and prohibits its own diplomatic partners from having formal ties with Taipei.
\nThe island also faces increasing military threats from Beijing. Its defense ministry on Sunday reported that 10 Chinese warplanes crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, an unofficial boundary once tacitly accepted by both sides. In response, Taiwan deployed aircraft, naval vessels, and land-based missile systems.
\nCastro arrived in Shanghai on Friday on her first visit since the establishment of relations. During her stay in Shanghai, she visited the headquarters of the New Development Bank, a bank established by the BRICS nations, which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Honduras requested admission to the bank, Castro\u2019s office tweeted Saturday.
\nThe president also visited a research center for technology giant Huawei before arriving in Beijing on Saturday night, China\u2019s official Global Times newspaper reported. AP<\/p>\n
The ties formed in March were a diplomatic victory for China amid heightened tensions between Beijing and the United States, including China\u2019s increasing assertiveness toward Taiwan. It also signaled China\u2019s growing influence in Latin America.
\nChina and Taiwan have been locked in a battle for diplomatic recognition since they split amid civil war in 1949, with Beijing spending billions to win recognition for its \u201cone China\u201d policy. AP<\/p>\n
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