Paraguay’s outgoing President Mario Abdo Benitez said on May 24 that his nation is open to trade with any country, including China, but will not bow to Chinese pressure to cut off Taiwan.
At the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha, Benitez hinted that China had refused to do business with the South American nation due to its diplomatic ties with Taiwan.
“We are not against doing business with anybody. But we believe that our diplomatic relations should stay firmly with Taiwan,” he said.
“It is not that Paraguay does not want to do business with anybody. It is the other part that does not want to do business unless we change our diplomatic status,” the Paraguayan leader added….