Costa Rica Breaks Up With Taiwan To Date China
Jodi at Webloggin on Jun 07 2007 at 8:00 am | Filed under: China
Costa Rica broke its diplomatic ties with Taiwan and has forged ties with China. Additionally the Taiwanese Foreign Minister has resigned stating that it was his fault for the loss.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - President Oscar Arias announced Wednesday that Costa Rica has broken diplomatic ties with Taiwan and established relations with China, delivering a blow to Taiwan’s fragile international standing.
Taiwanese Foreign Minister quickly offered to resign to take responsibility for Costa Rica’s switch, which left the island with relations with just 24 countries.
Arias said Costa Rica needed to strengthen ties with China to attract foreign investment.
