Republic of China closes its Embassy in the Gambia, the Republic of China with immediate effect a step, which maintained the national dignity and maintaining the Government’s flexible diplomacy, ended its diplomatic relations with Gambia on November 18 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. With immediate effect, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will close the Embassy of the Republic of China in the West African State, remove technical mission personnel from the country and cancel bilateral cooperation projects, the Ministry said in a statement. According to the Foreign Ministry, the decision was taken after the announcement on 14 November by the Gambian President Yahya A. . J. J. Jammeh of the unilateral termination of diplomatic relations with the Republic of China. Since the resumption of formal relations between the two States in July 1995, the Republic of China has proposed a range of programs in Gambia and implemented.
These included agriculture, education, infrastructure, health care and security. These initiatives improved “the welfare of the Gambian population and were warmly recorded in all areas of society”, the Ministry said. Also held both Nations from regular high-level exchanges, including a State visit of the President of the Republic of China Ying-jeou a trip by Jammeh after Taiwan two months later and a visit of the Gambian Vice President Isatou Nije-Saidy in connection with MA in the Gambia in April 2012, the celebrations of the national day of the Republic of China in the past month. The Republic of China have attached a high importance to the long-term and friendly relations between the two States and regret the decision of the Gambia, the Foreign Ministry said. This development will affect in any dimension on the rock-solid determination of the promotion of flexible diplomacy and the Erstrebens of an extension of international action area, the Ministry added. The Republic of China will feel continue to bilateral relations with States that are committed to justice, to establish in a pragmatic way, and strengthen, offered as mutually beneficial interactions with Taiwan.”
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