May 2 (Reuters) – Taiwan President Lai Ching-te arrived in Eswatini on Saturday on a surprise trip, after his government blamed Chinese pressure for the cancellation of a visit that was meant to have taken place last month.
China views democratically governed Taiwan as part of its territory with no right to state-to-state ties, a position Taiwan’s government strongly disputes.
Over the years, China has slowly whittled away at the number of countries that maintain formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan.
Following is a list of states that still have diplomatic ties with Taiwan:
LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
Belize
Guatemala
Paraguay
Haiti
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
PACIFIC
Marshall Islands
Palau
Tuvalu
AFRICA
Eswatini
EUROPE
Vatican City
(Reporting by Ben Blanchard)
