China, Costa Rica set up diplomatic ties
8 June 2007
China and Costa Rica announced on Thursday that they had agreed to establish diplomatic ties after the Latin American country agreed to break official relations with Taiwan, according to Xinhua Net (in Chinese) reports. Chinese experts believe the move may start a "domino effect" of Latin American countries officially recognizing the People's Republic of China over Taiwan as "China". A joint communique, signed on June 1 by Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and his Costa Rican counterpart Bruno Stagno Ugarte, says the two governments "in accordance with the interests and aspirations of the peoples of the two countries, agree to establish diplomatic ties at ambassadorial level beginning June 1, 2007." Costa Rica is the 169th country to establish diplomatic relations with China.
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