Papua New Guinea says it will shut Taiwan's rep office, winning praise from China
Beijing said the move would strengthen China-Papua New Guinea ties as Taiwan keeps formal diplomatic relations with only 12 countries.
- On Thursday, China's government announced that Papua New Guinea decided to close the Taipei Economic Office in the country, a move Beijing said it highly appreciated.
- The Pacific has long been an area for diplomatic competition between China and Taiwan, which Beijing views as its own territory with no right to state trappings.
- Only 12 countries maintain formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan, including Palau, Tuvalu, and the Marshall Islands; Taiwan also retains an economic office in Fiji.
- China's embassy in Papua New Guinea claimed the closure was the "right decision" to "further consolidate political foundation for the development of China-PNG bilateral relations," though Papua New Guinea's foreign ministry has not confirmed the decision.
- Papua New Guinea previously replaced its Taiwan trade mission with an economic office in 2023, citing financial challenges as the reason for the earlier transition.
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Papua New Guinea says it will shut Taiwan's rep office, winning praise from China
Papua New Guinea's foreign minister said on Thursday his government has decided to close Taiwan's representative office in the country immediately, winning praise from China, though the government in Taipei said the office would remain open.
China says Papua New Guinea has closed Taiwan's office in the country
BEIJING — China's government said on Thursday (July 16) that Papua New Guinea has decided to close Taiwan's office in the country, a move Beijing said it highly appreciated.The Pacific has long been an area for diplomatic competition between China and Taiwan, which Beijing views as its own territory with no right to the trappings of a state. The democratically...
(Beijing=Yonhap News) Correspondent Jung Sung-jo = The Chinese Foreign Ministry welcomed the decision by the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea to close its Taiwan affairs office.
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