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[Taiwan says outgoing Honduran president to visit island] Outgoing Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez will visit Taiwan on Friday, the island’s foreign ministry said, as Taipei seeks to maintain relations with Honduras amid an escalating diplomatic tug-of-war between China and Taiwan. Honduras is one of just 15 countries that maintain formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan, which China claims as its territory with no right to state-to-state relations. Taiwan’s foreign ministry said in a statement that it welcomed Hernandez’s visit, which was first announced by the Central American country’s presidential palace. The delegation, which includes Honduran foreign and economic ministers, will...
