Taiwan FM Responds to China FM’s Remarks on Guatemala

On Friday, the Republic of China’s foreign minister called on Guatemala to sever diplomatic ties with the Republic of China (Taiwan). These remarks coincided with the Foreign Minister of Taiwan’s official visit to Central American and Caribbean nations that maintain diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Today, we asked him to respond to the Chinese foreign minister’s comments and whether he is concerned about losing more diplomatic allies in the region.

 

Dr. Chai-Lung UN, Foreign Minister, Taiwan

“I think for our relationship with Guatemala we already achieved a lot in terms of cooperation in areas such as infrastructure, construction, agriculture, education, among many other areas. So, we want to develop partnership with likeminded nations. So, Taiwan is a force for good. We want to participate so as to contribute more to international society. So, Chinese style of warrior wolf, that is not respect for international society. I think it is up to Guatemala to decide its diplomatic relations. We are confident of our relationship with Guatemala. I not worried about that, just take example, after Honduras established relations with China the shrimp industry declined. But, we are helping Belize to develop your fishing industry. So, I think any exchange between parties or societies it is an open society. We will not worry about that and we will try our best to strengthen our relationship with our allies and partners.”