Factbox-And Then There Were 13: Taiwan's Diplomatic Allies

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(Reuters) - Honduras announced that it has ended its decades-long relationship to Taiwan. It said it only recognized China and left Taiwan with 13 formal diplomatic relations.

China regards democratically-governed Taiwan as part its territory without any right to state-to–state ties. Taiwan strongly disagrees.

China slowly reduced the number of countries with formal diplomatic ties to Taiwan over the years.

Belize

Guatemala

Paraguay

Haiti

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

PACIFIC

Marshall Islands

Nauru

Palau

Tuvalu

AFRICA

Eswatini

EUROPE

Vatican City

(Reporting by Ben Blanchard, Editing by Robert Birsel