GUATEMALA CITY: Guatemala is contemplating reaching out to develop formal commerce ties with China, the Central American nation’s international minister instructed Reuters on Monday (Feb 5), though it plans to keep up its present relations with Taiwan.
The Central American nation is considered one of a handful of Taiwan’s remaining allies, as international locations more and more facet with the world’s second largest financial system China, which claims democratically-ruled Taiwan as its territory.
“We are going to continue working with Taiwan at the levels we have been doing,” Foreign Minister Carlos Ramiro Martinez mentioned in an interview. “But the president has pointed out that we cannot ignore the weight and power China represents.”
President Bernardo Arevalo assumed workplace in mid-January amid a fraught transition course of, vowing to place an finish to corruption and likewise set up relations with China.
“We are interested in approaching them to try and develop some relationship around trade,” Martinez mentioned, saying this might materialise as an “office of trade interests” that will assist discover a Chinese marketplace for Guatemalan merchandise.
“We are making it public, this is not an ambush against Taiwan or the United States,” he added.
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