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Overseas Network quoted media reports on the 24th that the African country Burkina Faso html announced on May 24 that it had "severed diplomatic relations" with Taiwan.
According to Reuters html on the 424th, Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Berry said in a statement: "The world has changed today, and the current socio-economic challenges facing our country and our region require us to reconsider our position."
The official account of the "Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Office" of the Chinese Foreign Ministry released a message on the evening of May 24 that China noticed that the Burkina Faso government issued a statement and decided to cut off the so-called "diplomatic" relations with Taiwan, and China expressed its appreciation for this.
The Burkina Faso, Le Burkina Faso is a landlocked country located in western Africa. The northeast is adjacent to Niger, the southeast is connected to Benin , the southeast is connected to Côte d'Ivoire , Ghana, and Togo , and the west and north are bordered by Mali. The area is 274,122 square kilometers and the population is 18.63 million. The capital of the country is Ouagadougou (Ouagadougou), with a population of 1.63 million.
Burkina Faso is one of the least developed countries in the world. Its economy is mainly based on agriculture and animal husbandry, and mainly uses cotton to generate income. Data released by the official website of the World Bank showed that the country's GDP in 2016 was only US$11.6 billion, and its per capita annual income was US$620.
According to the website of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the People's Republic of China established diplomatic relations with Burkina Faso in September 1973. On February 2, 1994, the Burmese government and the Taiwan authorities signed a communiqué for the "resumption of diplomatic relations". On February 4, the Chinese government announced the suspension of diplomatic relations with Burmese.
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In 2017, China-Rural Development trade volume was approximately US$200 million, an increase of 31.1% year-on-year, of which China's export volume was US$180 million, an increase of 29.6% year-on-year, and import volume was US$20 million, an increase of 46% year-on-year. China mainly exports electromechanical products and imports cotton to Burkina Faso.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a message on the evening of the 24th, and also said that at present, the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Africa in maintains a good development momentum. China will host the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in September this year, which will surely set off a new climax of China-Africa friendly cooperation. In recent years, Gambia , Sao Tome and Principe have achieved normalization of relations with China and returned to the China-Africa friendly and cooperative family, fully demonstrating that the one-China principle is what the people want, the general trend, and the trend is unstoppable. We welcome Burkina Faso to join the Sino-Africa friendly and cooperative family as soon as possible based on the one-China principle.
Before this, since Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen took office on May 20, 2016, three countries have announced the severance of official official relations with Taiwan.
