Taiwanese Embassy Closes
After 63 Years Of Ties
The Taiwanese embassy in
San José closed Friday,
after 63 years of
diplomatic ties ended
when Costa Rica
established relations
with China on June 1.
'The two peoples have
treated each other with
sincerity and the
friendship has grown day
by day,' the embassy
said in its farewell
statement.
Taiwanese
representatives thanked
Costa Rica for having
supported the island in
the past.
'We are convinced that
the universal values
which both countries
share, such as liberty,
democracy, peace and
human rights, will
continue to maintain
closely the feelings of
fraternity between our
peoples,' the statement
added.
Costa Rican President
Oscar Arias based the
decision to drop
relations with Taiwan
for China on 'realism,'
given the current weight
of the Asian giant in
the global economy.
Taiwan, seat of the
exiled Republic of China
since the end of the
Chinese Civil War in
1949, is now recognized
by only 24 mostly- small
nations, half of them in
Latin America.
While Taipei has no
objection to dual
recognition of China and
Taiwan, Beijing insists
that its allies drop all
formal ties with what it
regards as a renegade
province.
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