China effect? Now, Burkina Faso cuts diplomatic ties with Taiwan
Taiwan's foreign minister
Taiwan now has diplomatic relations with only 18 countries.
Taiwan's foreign ministerJoseph Wu resigned today after Burkina Faso announced it was cutting diplomatic ties with the island nation.
China considers Taiwan as a breakway province and has been conducting military drills in Taiwan Straits for the past one month.
"I have already verbally tendered my resignation to the president," Wu told a press conference.
The Dominican Republic had earlier in the month broken ties with Taiwan.
In astatement, Burkina Faso's foreign minister Alpha Barry said his country was breaking diplomatic relationship with Taiwan.
"Since 1994, Burkina Faso has had cooperation relations with Taiwan," Barry said in a statement, adding, "but today, changes in the world, the current socio-economic challenges facing our country and our region call on us to reconsider our position."
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Taiwan now has diplomatic relations with only 18 countries.
"President Roch Marc Kabore has instructed me... to take all necessary steps to close our embassy in Taipei and Taiwan's (embassy) in our country," Barry said.
"This decision is guided by the firm will to defend the interests of Burkina and its people in the community of nations, and to develop better partnerships in order to strengthen our country's socio-economic progress," the foreign minister added.