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U.S. recalls diplomats in El Salvador, Panama, Dominican Republic over Taiwan

WASHINGTON, Sept 8: The United States said on Friday it had recalled its top diplomats in the Dominican Republic, El...
By Reuters

WASHINGTON, Sept 8: The United States said on Friday it had recalled its top diplomats in the Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Panama over those countries’ decisions to no longer recognize Taiwan.


Washington has expressed concern over the rising number of countries that have cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favor of China.


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El Salvador switched ties last month, while the Dominican Republic did so in May and Panama made the move last year.


Self-ruled Taiwan now has formal relations with only 17 countries, almost all of them small and less developed nations in Central America and the Pacific, including Belize and Nauru.


Like most other countries, Washington does not have diplomatic relations with Taipei but is the democratic island’s main arms supplier and strongest international backer.

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