The first ambassador to China was him, and after the establishment of diplomatic relations
According to CCTV News, on September 14th local time, President Castro of Honduras presided over the inauguration ceremony and appointed Salvador Enrique Monkada as the first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Honduras to the People's Republic of China.
78 year old Salvador Enrique Monkada is a renowned pharmacologist and scientist in Honduras.
The Governor of Chang'an Street noticed that on September 7th local time, the first Chinese Ambassador to Honduras, Yu Bo, had submitted his credentials to the President of Honduras, Castro.
The government of Honduras stated that with the exchange of first ambassadors between the two countries, it marks a further deepening and development of bilateral relations.
On March 25 this year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Honduras issued a statement, officially announcing the "break of diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, China. The next day, China and Honduras officially established diplomatic relations, making Honduras the 182nd country to establish diplomatic relations with China.
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On June 5th this year, the opening ceremony of the Chinese Embassy in Honduras was held in the capital city of Tegucigalpa; On June 11th, the Embassy of Honduras in China opened in Beijing.
Honduran Foreign Minister Reina stated in an interview in April that the establishment of diplomatic relations between Honduras and China is a "correct path" and he hopes that the development of bilateral relations will benefit the people of both countries.