The Republic of Nauru has severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan and reestablish diplomatic ties with China, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Monday. Nauru is a tiny island country in Micronesia, northeast of Australia
The spokesperson said in a statement after the government of the Republic of Nauru officially announced its decision earlier the day that there is but one China in the world, Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory, and the government of the People’s Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China.
It’s what has been affirmed in Resolution 2758 of the UN General Assembly and is a prevailing consensus among the international community, said the spokesperson.
China has established diplomatic relations with 182 countries on the basis of the one-China principle. The Nauru government’s decision of reestablishing diplomatic ties with China once again shows that the one-China principle is where global opinion trends and where the arc of history bends, said the spokesperson.
This comes as Taiwan fresh of a general election has retained its stance under the ruling party to seek independence from China.
