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The State Department announced Friday that the US ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Robin Bernstein, the US ambassador to El Salvador, Jean Manes, and the American chargé d'affaires in Panama, Roxanne Cabral, would meet the leaders. the US government of strong, independent and democratic institutions and economies in Central America and the Caribbean. "
El Salvador cut ties with Taiwan in August, the Dominican Republic in May and Panama last summer. With recent ties broken, the number of formal diplomatic allies in Taipei is only 17.
The Chinese Communist leadership refuses to maintain diplomatic relations with a country that recognizes Taiwan's autonomous and democratic, an island of 23 million people off the coast of southern China, considered by Beijing as a renegade province.
As part of its "One China Policy", the United States does not officially recognize Taiwan's autonomy as an independent country, and the United States does not have an official embassy in Taiwan. However, the United States has a de facto embassy in the form of the American Institute of Taiwan, created under the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, which governs relations between the United States and the island .
Washington's "one-China policy" differs from the policy advocated by Beijing, and the United States takes no official position on Taiwan's future status, except to oppose the unilateral amendment of the status quo.
The island remains however an important American ally in the region. Under President Donald Trump, unofficial ties between the United States and Taiwan have strengthened.
