China criticizes ‘outdated’ US Monroe Doctrine and urges respect for Honduras

China expressed support for Honduras in establishing diplomatic relations with the Asian giant and criticized pressure from USA prevent it, based on the “obsolete” Monroe Doctrine.

This was announced at a press conference by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin. China respects the right of the Honduran government to develop its own diplomatic relations and welcomes its decision to follow the “one China” principle, the state news agency reported on Monday evening. Xinhua.

Wang claimed that China is ready to establish and develop bilateral relations with Honduras on the basis of equality and mutual respect, and that 181 countries have recognized Beijing as the country’s sole legitimate representative.

According to local media, sources close to the trial indicated that after Honduran President Xiomara Castro expressed his readiness to establish diplomatic relations with ChinaThe U.S. has begun pressuring Honduras to try to persuade it to withdraw the decision before the official signing of an agreement with the Asian giant, the report said. Xinhua.

“Each sovereign country has the right to develop its own diplomatic relations, and no other country has the right to interfere,” Wang stressed, adding that if the report on US pressure on Honduras is true, it shows that the US statement that each the country decides its own foreign policy based on sovereignty is “talk”.

Cooperation between countries

Wang remembered that USA established diplomatic relations with China for more than 40 years, recognizing the principle of a single China. “How can one deprive or interfere with the right of other countries to establish relations and develop relations with China?” he asked himself.

The representative of China also highlighted the benefits of practical cooperation between China and other Latin American countries that have established or renewed diplomatic relations with China in recent years, such as Panama, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua.

“The cooperation has developed rapidly and has brought tangible benefits to the people of the countries concerned,” Wang said.

In addition to Honduras, the countries with which Taiwan maintains diplomatic relations are Guatemala, Vatican City, Haiti, Paraguay, Eswatini, Tuvalu, Nauru, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Belize, Marshall Islands and Palau.

The links between Tegucigalpa and Taipei date back to 1941, when the government of the Republic of China – Taiwan’s official name – was still located on the Chinese mainland.

China claims sovereignty over Taiwan, which it considers rebel territory, since Kuomintang nationalists retreated to the island in 1949 after losing a war with the communist army.

(As reported by EFE)