Taiwan given until Dec. 23 to withdraw diplomats from ...

Taiwan's foreign ministry responds in kind, ordering Nicaraguan diplomats to leave by same day | 2021-12-16 14:44:00. StayloggedinForgetpassword? Login Notyetamember？Register E-Mail 送出 返回登入頁 密碼設定成功，請使用新密碼登入  | Home Politics FILE-Nicaragua'sPresidentDanielOrtega,right,welcomesTaiwan'sPresidentTsaiIng-wen,center,atthestartofhisswearing-inceremonyinManag... FILE-Nicaragua'sPresidentDanielOrtega,right,welcomesTaiwan'sPresidentTsaiIng-wen,center,atthestartofhisswearing-inceremonyinManagua,Nicaragua,Tuesday,Jan.10,2017.Nicaragua'sdecisiontoseverdiplomaticlinkswithTaiwanandrecognizeChinaleavestheself-governingislanddemocracywithjust14diplomaticallies.ThelossofformaldiplomaticalliesfurtherconstrainstheTaiwaneseleadership'sabilitytomakestatevisitsabroadandfeedsintoBeijing'snarrativethatTaiwanislosingthediplomaticbattleandwilleventuallybeforcedtoaccepttheinevitableoutcomeofpoliticalunionwiththePeople'sRepublic.(APPhoto/MiguelAlvarez,File) (APphoto) TAIPEI(TaiwanNews)—TheMinistryofForeignAffairs(MOFA)hassaiditwasorderedbyNicaraguatoshutteritsembassyandwithdrawitsdiplomatsbeforeDec.23aftertheCentralAmericannationsevereddiplomatictieswithTaiwanlastweek. Basedontheprincipleofreciprocity,MOFAhasnotifiedpersonnelattheNicaraguanembassyinTaiwantoleavebythesamedate,accordingtoaMOFAstatement.Meanwhile,theministrysaidtheNicaraguangovernmentmustensurethesafetyofTaiwanesediplomatsandallowthemtofinishadministrativeprocedureswithease,inaccordancewithinternationalpractices. AfterNicaraguaendedrelationswithTaiwanonDec.9,MOFArespondedinkindthesameday.Allbilateralcooperationandassistanceprogramshavebeenterminated,andtechnicalteampersonnelwillreturntoTaiwanshortlyinorderto“safeguardnationalsovereigntyanddignity,”MOFAsaidinapressreleaselastweek. NicaraguanForeignMinisterDenisMoncadaonDec.9saidinatelevisedspeechthat“ThePeople'sRepublicofChinaistheonlylegitimategovernmentrepresentingallofChina,andTaiwanisanundoubtedpartoftheChineseterritory.ThegovernmentoftheRepublicofNicaraguabreaksdiplomaticrelationswithTaiwanasoftodayandstoppedhavinganycontactorofficialrelationship.” TaiwanNicaraguadiplomacy Tweet LithuaniahopestoexportbeeftoTaiwan 2022/03/0420:38 TaiwanbarslocalgovernmentsfrombanningimportofFukushimafood 2022/03/0419:35 TaiwanArmyconductslive-fireexercisetoimprovecombatcapability 2022/03/0418:42 76%ofTaiwanesebelieveTaiwanalreadyindependentunderstatusquo 2022/03/0417:54 Russianlosses,Putinsanctions'giveXipause'onTaiwaninvasion:Pompeo 2022/03/0417:17 Updated:2022-03-0504:49GMT+08:00 "