China Announces Sanctions on Paraguay, Belize Ministers over Taiwan Ties
The measures freeze property and assets and bar entry to Hong Kong and Macau as Beijing pressures Taiwan’s remaining allies.
- On Monday, Beijing imposed sanctions against Paraguay's Communications Minister Gustavo Villate and Belize's Foreign Minister Francis Fonseca, citing their countries' diplomatic ties with Taiwan.
- Claiming democratically-governed Taiwan as its territory, Beijing systematically isolates the island, which maintains only 12 diplomatic allies globally after China's sustained poaching efforts.
- Punitive measures include freezing property and assets in China, banning entry visas to Hong Kong and Macau, and prohibiting Chinese organizations from engaging in transactions with the officials.
- Villate responded on social media, stating: "Paraguay reaffirms its relationship of friendship and cooperation, based on shared values and principles: the self-determination of peoples, human rights and democracy."
- The sanctions follow Taiwan's national day celebrations, as the island maintains only two other diplomatic allies in the Americas: Guatemala and Haiti.
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China sanctions Paraguay and Belize officials over ties with Taiwan
BEIJING (AP) — China sanctioned Paraguay’s communications minister and Belize’s foreign minister on Monday over ties with Taiwan, the island democracy Beijing claims as its own.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China has imposed sanctions on the Minister of Communication of Paraguay, Gustavo Villate, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belize, Francis Fonseca, because of their ties with Taiwan. China has imposed sanctions on the Minister of Communication of Paraguay, Gustavo Villate, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belize, Francis Fonseca, because of their country's relations with Taiwan. The measures ente…
China has imposed sanctions on Paraguay's Information and Communications Technology Minister Gustavo Villate and Belize's Foreign Minister Francis Fonseca over the two countries' diplomatic relations with Taiwan, Reuters reported, BTA reports. China's Foreign Ministry justified the decision with the protection of national sovereignty and security. According to Beijing, the two politicians have taken "anti-China positions" and insisted that thei…
Beijing sanctions Paraguayan and Belizean ministers over support for Taiwan
Beijing on Monday sanctioned Paraguayan and Belizean government ministers over the Taiwan issue, after the two nations sealed deals with Taipei in recent months. Gustavo Villate, Paraguay’s minister of information and communication technologies, and Francis Fonseca, Belize’s minister of foreign affairs, foreign trade, education, culture, science and technology were placed under sanctions from Monday, the foreign ministry said. The measures inclu…
Beijing/Taipéi, Oct 12 (EFE).- The Chinese government announced on Monday sanctions against the Minister of Information and Communication Technologies of Paraguay, Gustavo Villate, and the head of Foreign Affairs of Belize, Francis Fonseca, for the ties of their countries with Taiwan, whose sovereignty Beijing claims. In both communiqués, the Chinese Foreign Ministry denounced that [...] The entry China sanctions ministers of Paraguay and Belize…
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