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Honduras opens Beijing embassy after switch from Taipei
- Diplomatic office launched ahead of Honduran president’s expected meeting with her Chinese counterpart next week
- Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang says Castro’s state visit is a “milestone”
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The foreign ministers of China and Honduras were on hand for the opening of the Central American nation’s embassy in Beijing on Sunday, cementing a diplomatic switch away from Taipei in March.
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The opening follows the launch of the Chinese embassy in the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa on Monday and comes midway through a trip to China by Honduran President Xiomara Castro.
She landed in Shanghai on Friday and headed to Beijing on Saturday night where she will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping before returning on Wednesday.
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said Castro’s state visit was a “milestone”.
“The historic meeting between President Xi and President Castro will definitely lead bilateral relations to a new height and achieve new developments,” a foreign ministry statement quoted Qin as saying.
“China is willing to work with Honduras to continuously deepen mutually beneficial cooperation on the basis of mutual respect, benefit and joint development,” he said.
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“[We] will turn the bilateral relations into a new model of friendly cooperation between countries of different scales, national conditions and systems.”
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