Nicaragua pledges to fight for Taiwan recognition on global stage

Nicaragua on
Tuesday said it wanted to secure bigger international recognition for
Taiwan during a visit by President Tsai Ing-wen at a moment of Chinese
suspicions the leader of the self-ruled island is seeking formal
independence from China.

Nicaragua’s
President Daniel Ortega welcomed his Taiwanese counterpart on a visit
that follows complaints by Beijing about the attitude of U.S.
President-elect Donald Trump who has questioned the United States’
commitment to China’s position that Taiwan is part of one China.

State
media in Nicaragua, which is seeking Chinese investment for a massive
canal to compete with Panama’s waterway, said Ortega would continue
backing Taiwan.

“We’re still
engaged in this battle, which is a just battle, one of principles, so
that the people of Taiwan continue to be incorporated in international
organizations attached to the United Nations,” Ortega said in the state
media of Taiwan, which is not a member of the United Nations.