Through the new diplomatic headquarters in Beijing, the Salvadoran government aims to deepen relations with the Asian giant.
The opening of the Salvadoran government's embassy in China will help to further strengthen the relationship of friendship, trade and cooperation between the two nations, reported the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador.
Authorities in the Asian country reported that their intention is to sign a free trade agreement with El Salvador, while the government of Sánchez Cerén intends to sign a partial scope agreement.
Authorities in the People's Republic of China reported that as announced several weeks ago, El Salvador and the Asian country had already held their first working session in which they began to define the trade and cooperation relationship between the two nations.
Following the departure of US diplomatic staff from Nicaragua at the worst moment of the socio-political crisis, the US government has now announced that it has authorized the return of the embassy staff and their families to Managua.
The crisis in which Nicaragua has been immersed since last April has negatively affected the country in multiple ways, including the irregularity with which the US diplomatic corps works.This was evident when, in mid-May, the US Embassy reported that it would not be processing routine applications for nonimmigrant visas, and that due to unstable security conditions, it would reduce the hours of service provided to the public.See "Nicaragua: US suspends visa issuance"
The Sánchez Cerén administration is preparing to negotiate the signing of trade agreements with the Asian country, but without actively involving the private sector.
After the sudden and accelerated rupture of relations with the Republic of Taiwan and the announcement of the new relations with China, the Salvadoran government is organizing the signing of the first commercial agreements with the Asian giant, and for this the first official mission is preparing to travel next week.
Entrepreneurs in El Salvador are demanding that the government provide more details on how and what was negotiated in the process of establishing diplomatic relations with China.
The private sector is questioning the abrupt and accelerated manner in which the process of breaking off relations with the Republic of Taiwan and the announcement of new relations with China took place.
Following the path chosen by its neighbors Panama and Costa Rica, the Salvadoran government has announced the opening of diplomatic relations with China and a rupture with Taiwan.
Reactions to the announcement by President Salvador Sánchez Cerén did not take long.The US government expressed its opposition, stating that the decision will bring negative consequences for El Salvador, while opposition politicians accused the government of wanting to ease the way for China to be granted the concession to operate the port of La Unión.
The first diplomatic headquarters that the Central American country is opening in the African continent will be located in Kenya.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Costa Rica:
April 6, 2018The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Manuel A. González Sanz, inaugurated the Embassy of Costa Rica in the Republic of Kenya in Africa and whose resident Ambassador is Marta Eugenia Juárez Ruiz.
Flights between the Asian country and Tocumen, a feasibility study to build a train to the border with Costa Rica and cooperation in financial, energy and maritime matters, are some of the results on offer from the agreements signed between the Chinese and Panamanian governments.
Since the breakdown of Panama's diplomatic relations with Taiwan and the new relationship with the Asian giant was announced in June of this year, the possibilities of creating and developing new business in Panama have multiplied, due to the implications that greater involvement in terms of investment by China would have for the country and the region.
With the recent establishment of diplomatic relations, the Panamanian government intends to encourage strategies to promote trade, investment, tourism and cooperation between the two countries.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
The Government of the Republic of Panama, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, considering that on June 13, 2017, the Republic of Panama established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China, wishes to report on the opening of the Panama Embassy in this Asian country, having previously fulfilled the formalities and terms of of its effect.
The decision taken by both governments to restore the diplomatic relations, which were suspended in 2010, has opened the door to promotion of Israeli investment in the country.
The announcement was made through a statement issued jointly by the two governments. The restoration of diplomatic relations could bring positive consequences for the Nicaraguan economy by facilitating the arrival of investment to the country by Israeli companies.
Mimicking countries in the Bolivarian Alliance by snubbing the president of Brazil in the UN confirms the ideological inconsistency of a government that on the one hand has ministers who support free international trade and others who practice blatant protectionism.
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This inconsistency was already a concern in Costa Rican business sectors, and now after the outburst by Luis Guillermo Solís in the United Nations General Assembly, bewilderment is being expressed.For a small economy like Costa Rica, is vital that there is coherence in relations with other countries and especially with powers such as Brazil.
The stagnation of the refinery project could be the reason for China's loss of interest in Costa Rica, after having stopped the disbursement of a $24 million "freebie", the purchase of $1 billion worth of Costa Rican bonds, the development of an industrial pole, and the extension of a road.
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The diplomatic shift from Costa Rica which privileged mainland China over Taiwan - in contrast to all of its Central American neighbors- held the promise of an injection of Chinese investment and development in the country, in public infrastructure, energy, and manufacturing centers.
On November 8 credentials will be presented to the South Korean government and efforts will start on promoting Nicaragua as an investment destination.
Elnuevodiario.com.ni reports: "...The foreign minister of Nicaragua, Samuel Santos, confirmed yesterday that Nicaragua will open an embassy in South Korea, and Jorge Arnesto Alm will be the ambassador to China, after presenting his credentials on November 8. "
Rulers should be aware that a very large percentage of their people do not satisfy their hunger eating sovereignty but by eating rice and beans.
It seems that the current interest of the elected president of Costa Rica is to maintain the highest possible tension with Nicaragua.
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Undoubtedly, any gesture of rapprochement with the government of President Ortega will entail political costs for Luis Guillermo Solís, the next president of Costa Rica. But it is clear that this - the beginning of his term - was the best time to make that gesture, promoting a release of tension over the border dispute in the Caribbean area.
In order to boost trade links and tourism, among other things, the embassy will open its doors on October 14.
From a press release by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Honduras:
Chancellor Mireya Aguero de Corrales together with Ambassador of the Russian Federation, Mr. Nicolay Vladimir, Undersecretary of Finance, Evelyn Bautista, commissioner for the Promotion of Public-Private Partnerships (COALIANZA), Jose Antonio Pineda, from the Foundation for Investment and Development of Exports (FIDE), Vilma Sierra and the representative of the Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (COHEP), Abraham Benatton, held a discussion with the media to publicize the forthcoming official visit to Russia by the Honduran delegation .