Taiwan President Tsai is expected to meet US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in Los Angeles. Read more at straitstimes.com.
TAIPEI - Taiwan sees China’s involvement in Honduras’ decision to seek to end relations with the island as very obvious, the island’s foreign minister said on Thursday, with President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the US still being arranged.before its announcement to seek to open relations with China, instead saying the Central American country had repeatedly requested Taiwan buy Honduran public debt.
“The other side demanded a high price,” he added, when asked about the US$2.5 billion demand, though he did not directly confirm it saying only that “the facts will out”. The Honduras crisis is happening ahead of a visit starting next week by Taiwan’s President Tsai to Guatemala and Belize, which remain allies.
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