China-Nauru foreign ministers meet in Beijing to shore up shift in diplomatic allegiance away from Taiwan
- ‘We look forward to the practical cooperation that’s going to happen between Nauru and China. The prospect is bright’: Nauru foreign minister Lionel Aingimea
- Tuvalu, another Pacific island nation, may also review its diplomatic ties with Taiwan after election on Friday

Beijing hosted Nauru’s foreign minister on Wednesday as the two countries finalise official ties in another diplomatic upset for Taipei.
Nauru will sever diplomatic relations with Taipei and “no longer develop official relations or official exchanges with Taiwan”, the communique said.
“Although China and Nauru are geographically far apart and separated by vast oceans, the friendship between the two peoples has a long history,” Wang told the press on Wednesday morning.
Wang also said the “very small number of countries” that maintain diplomatic relations with Taipei “constitute a violation of China’s sovereignty”.
China’s foreign minister urged these countries to “stand with the international community”, adding that China was willing to develop relations with them on the basis of the one-China principle.
“We look forward to the practical cooperation that’s going to happen between Nauru and China. The prospect is bright,” Aingimea said at the press conference.