Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen held a telephone call with Czech President-elect Petr Pavel on Monday, a highly unusual move given the lack of formal ties between their countries and a diplomatic coup for Taipei that is sure to infuriate China.
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Most countries avoid high-level public interactions with Taiwan and its president, not wishing to provoke China, the world’s second largest economy. Ms. Tsai said she hoped that under Mr. Pavel’s leadership the Czech Republic would continue to cooperate with Taiwan to promote a close partnership, and that she hoped to stay in touch with him.
“The Chinese side is opposed to countries with which it has diplomatic ties engaging in any form of official exchange with the Taiwan authorities. Czech President-elect Mr. Pavel during the election period openly said that the ‘one-China’ principle should be respected,” the ministry said.
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