Question / Taiwan: Honduras

Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
UIN 174220, tabled on 27 March 2023

Question
Fabian Hamilton
Labour

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Honduran counterpart on Taiwanese independence.

Answer
David Rutley
Conservative

Answered on
30 March 2023

Honduran recognition policy is a matter for the Honduran Government. The UK’s long-standing position remains that the Taiwan issue should be settled peacefully by people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait through dialogue, and not through any unilateral attempts to change the status quo.