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China suspends ties with St Lucia |
BEIJING, China (AFP): China suspended diplomatic relations
with St Lucia on Saturday and protested the Caribbean
state's resumption of ties with Taiwan, state media
reported.
Foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said the resumption
of ties was a "flagrant violation" of a 1997 declaration
establishing ties between China and St. Lucia, Xinhua news
agency said.
Taiwan and St Lucia signed a communique establishing ties on
April 30, drawing an angry statement from Liu accusing
Taiwan of "interference in the internal affairs of China." |
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St Lucia, an island nation in the eastern Caribbean with a
population of about 170,000, opened diplomatic relations
with Taiwan in 1984, when current Prime Minister John
Compton was first in power.
Taipei severed ties in 1997, when then Prime Minister Kenny
Anthony switched recognition to Beijing. Compton was
re-elected late last year.
Including St Lucia, 25 countries now recognise Taipei. Latin
America, the South Pacific and Africa are the main
diplomatic battlegrounds for rivals Taiwan and China, which
split in 1949 at the end of a civil war.
Taiwan and China have each accused each other in the past of
using "chequebook diplomacy" to lure the other's allies.
Taipei suffered a diplomatic setback when Chad switched
recognition to Beijing last year.
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