Focus Taiwan
Date:2019/04/30
By: Yeh Su-ping and Joseph Yeh
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文, right) and Guatemala President Jimmy Morales
Taipei, April 30 (CNA) Guatemala President Jimmy Morales said Tuesday on his first state visit to Taiwan that his country’s support for and friendship toward Taiwan was unwavering.
Speaking shortly after his arrival, at a military welcome ceremony hosted by President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), Morales said he was happy to meet with the Taiwan leader for the third time in three years.
The two had previously met in Guatemala in January 2017 and at the inauguration of Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benitez in August 2018.
Morales, who took office as president in January 2017, said Tuesday that Taiwan and Guatemala are allies because they have shared values of peace and democracy.
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