China opens embassy in Nicaragua for first time since 1990 after Taiwan ties cut
by Staff and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#5THQF)
Nicaragua trumpets ideological affinity' with Beijing and seizes Taipei's former embassy and diplomatic offices
China has opened an embassy in Nicaragua for the first time since 1990, less than a month after the central American country cut ties with Taiwan.
The Nicaraguan foreign minister, Denis Moncada, said there was an ideological affinity" between the two countries and thanked China for donating 1m doses of the Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine.
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