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標題: [爆卦] 美聯社: 巴拉圭拒絕在聯合國支持台灣
時間: Tue Sep 2 12:22:58 2008

Paraguay to reverse support for Taiwan at UN

By PEDRO SERVIN
Associated Press Writer

ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) -- Paraguay will reverse its historic support for
Taiwan at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly, and also is
reconsidering its relations with communist regimes.

President Fernando Lugo said his government wants to maintain diplomatic
relations with all countries of similar interests.

"Paraguay's foreign policy will be independent under my government and will
not accept conditions," Lugo said in a local television interview Sunday.

Paraguay, the last South American country to recognize Taiwan, has supported
the island since 1957, voting every year in support of resolutions to admit
Taiwan to the assembly. Nations that recognize Taiwan don't have diplomatic
relations with communist China, which considers the island a renegade
province.

But Lugo's election last April ended 61 years of one-party, conservative rule
under which Paraguay distanced itself from communist countries. The leftist
president, who was inaugurated Aug. 15, said he wants to establish relations
with China, which has boosted its diplomatic and trade ties with Latin
America in recent years.

Lugo also said he is considering an invitation to visit Cuba from former
President Fidel Castro.

But Lugo says he is not following in the footsteps of another South American
leftist leader, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has established close
ties with China and Cuba.

"I will not be influenced in any way by President Hugo Chavez," Lugo told
Channel 2 television in Asuncion. "My government will not copy any foreign
political model. We have our own reality different from that of other
nations."

In return for Paraguay's 51 years of support, Taiwan has sent millions of
dollars to the impoverished country for low-income housing, agricultural
development and scholarships. Even now, Paraguay's senate is considering
accepting a new donation from Taiwan of $71 million.

"We will no longer vote (at the U.N.) for Taiwan despite the fact that we
recognize the aid the country has provided," Lugo said.

It wasn't clear what impact the new president's position will have on
Taiwan's latest offer of help.

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