China announced today that it is establishing diplomatic relations with Honduras, AFP reported.

"China and Honduras have established diplomatic relations," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying announced on Twitter.

Establishing diplomatic relations with Honduras, whose authorities have announced they are severing ties with Taiwan, is a diplomatic victory for Beijing.

The president of Honduras has ordered the severance of diplomatic relations with Taiwan

The Chinese government has established diplomatic relations with Honduras, Chinese state television reported today, quoted by BTA.

Chinese Foreign Minister Qing Gan and Honduran Foreign Minister Eduardo Enrique Reyna signed a joint communiqué in Beijing on the establishment of diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level. 

The governments of the two countries agreed to develop friendly relations based on the principles of mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression, non-interference in internal affairs, equality, mutual benefit and peaceful coexistence, the document said.

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