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Saturday, September 22, 2018, 18:18
Wang Yi: China-Dominican Republic ties open new page
By Xinhua
Saturday, September 22, 2018, 18:18 By Xinhua

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) and the Dominican Republic Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado  sign a bilateral agreement during a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Santo Domingo, on Sept 21, 2018. (ERIKA SANTELICES / AFP)

SANTO DOMINGO - The relationship between China and the Dominican Republic has opened a new page and ushered in a broad and bright future, said visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday.

It is a historic moment. The relationship between China and the Dominican Republic has opened a new page

Wang Yi, Chinese Foreign Minister

"It is a historic moment. The relationship between China and the Dominican Republic has opened a new page," Wang said.

Wang made the speech when he inaugurated the Chinese Embassy in the Dominican Republic with the country's Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas.

Though China and the Dominican Republic are far apart, there is a Chinese saying that "good friends feel close to each other even when they are thousands of miles away," Wang said.

The inauguration comes a little more than four months after the two countries established diplomatic ties on May 1, following several years of trade exchanges.

In his part, Vargas said that the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the Dominican Republic has launched a new chapter in their relations.

It is a firm and giant leap forward in the Dominican Republic's international diplomatic relations

Miguel Vargas, Dominican Foreign Minister 

The Dominican Republic has joined more than 170 countries in adopting the United Nations (UN) General Assembly Resolution 2758 that recognizes the one-China principle, Vargas said.

"It is a firm and giant leap forward in the Dominican Republic's international diplomatic relations," said Vargas.

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As part of the inauguration ceremony, the foreign ministers unveiled a plaque and gave a toast to the new bilateral relations.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (right) and the Dominican Republic Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado shake hands during the inauguration ceremony of the Chinese Embassy in Santo Domingo, on Sept 21, 2018. (ERIKA SANTELICES / AFP)

Cross-Straits relations

During a joint press conference with Vargas Friday, Wang also said it is the Taiwan political force which has not given up the proposition of "Taiwan independence" that is "undermining the status quo of cross-Straits relations.”

It is the Taiwan political force which has not given up the proposition of "Taiwan independence" that is "undermining the status quo of cross-Straits relations," said Wang Yi

During the press conference, one reporter put forward that recently some countries and some public opinion claimed that the establishment of diplomatic relations between countries like Dominican Republic and China is "unilaterally changing the status quo across the Taiwan Straits" and is not conducive to the stability and development of the region.

Wang said there is only one China in the world and Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory, which is both a basic fact and an important consensus of the international community.

The establishment of diplomatic relations between China and countries like the Dominican Republic has followed both historical and international trend, and standing together with most countries in the world is undoubtedly a correct choice and also in full compliance with the fundamental and long-term interests of the country and people of the Dominican Republic, said Wang.

As for the so-called "changing the status quo across the Taiwan Straits," Wang said, what he wants to make clear is that the administration now in Taiwan is a political force that has not given up the proposition of "Taiwan independence."

It is precisely what the Democratic Progressive Party administration has been doing that is undermining the "status quo" that both sides of the strait belong to the same country and cross-Straits relations are not country-to-country relations, he said.

What they have been doing not only hinders the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations, but also erodes regional peace and stability, Wang added.

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The Dominican Republic cut ties with the Taiwan authorities and drew a clear line with them, which is maintaining the international consensus of one-China principle and plays a positive role in the peace across Taiwan Straits, said Wang.

Wang said that sovereign independent countries such as the Dominican Republic, can completely decide their own foreign policy, which, according to the United Nations Charter, other countries have no right to and should not interfere with.

Wang is on his first stop during his official visits to the Dominican Republic, Guyana and Suriname from Thursday to Sunday.  


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