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Article: China and Guinea Bissau Resume Diplomatic Ties
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 24, 1998
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China and Guinea Bissau decided to resume diplomatic ties as of
Thursday.
Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan and Fernando Delfim da
Silva, Guinea Bissau's minister of foreign affairs and cooperation,
signed a joint communique on the resumption of diplomatic ties at
the
ambassadorial level in the Chinese capital.
China had suspended its diplomatic ties with Guinea Bissau from
May 31, 1990.
Tang and da Silva held talks on bilateral relations and other
issues of common interest after the communique signing ceremony.
Tang called the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two
countries "a major event" in bilateral relations which is in the
fundamental interest of the two peoples.
The ...