For subscribers
'We are real friends': Honduran president says in Taiwan visit amid China tension
Sign up now: Get insights on Asia's fast-moving developments
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and his wife, wave to the media next to Alexander Tah-ray Yui (right), upon their arrival at Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan, Taiwan on Nov 12, 2021.
PHOTO: REUTERS
TAIPEI (REUTERS) - Honduras' outgoing president said on Saturday (Nov 13) he hoped his country would continue its friendship with Taiwan, as Taipei seeks to maintain relations with the Central American country amid a diplomatic tug-of-war with Beijing.
Honduras is one of just 15 countries that maintain formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan, which China claims as its territory with no right to state-to-state relations.
