(Corrects ‘unification’ to ‘reunification’ in headline and first paragraph)
BEIJING (Reuters) – Guatemalan support for Taiwan will not stop the “reunification” of China and Taiwan, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Tuesday.
Zhao told reporters in Beijing during a regular news briefing that Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party was using countries that have diplomatic ties with Taiwan for “political manipulation”.
Guatemalan Foreign Minister Mario Bucaro said on Tuesday his country would “always support Taiwan”.
(This story corrects ‘unification’ to ‘reunification’ in headline and first paragraph)
(Reporting by Eduardo Baptista, writing by Yew Lun Tian, Editing by Alex Richardson)
