Managua.- Nicaragua on Monday canceled the donation of Taiwan of the building that housed its embassy and other assets to the Catholic Church and delivered them to China, a country with which Managua resumed its relations, the government reported.
The recognition of “one China (…) implies the immediate registration of all assets real estate, furniture, equipment and means, in favor of the recognized State, “said the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), days after the Taiwanese diplomatic mission left the country.
The PGR stated that “according to our legislation, there is no room for transactions, transfers or transfers between these, supposed donations, whose intention only shows the illegal and voracious nature, of those who intend with maneuvers and subterfuges, to appropriate what is foreign.”
In addition, he warned that “those entities that insist on illegitimate and illegal claims will be exposed to the corresponding courts and legal actions.”
Taiwan reacted to the move with an “energetic” protest, calling it an “occupation” and “illegal transfer” to China, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which condemned “the arbitrary obstruction by the Nicaraguan government of the symbolic sale of its property to the Catholic Church.”
Nicaragua broke relations with Taiwan on December 9 and that same day it resumed them with China, which it recognized as the only legitimate government, giving a term until 23 of that month for the departure of Taiwanese diplomatic personnel.
China considers Taiwan to be part of its territory.
The PGR ordinance came after representatives of the Catholic Church told La Prensa newspaper that Taiwan’s assets were donated to them.
“Before they left they made (donated) all their goods, among them was the building (of the embassy that) they offered to the Diocese,” which it accepted, the vicar, Monsignor Carlos Avilés, told the newspaper on Sunday.
The donation from Taiwan took place in a context of tensions that remain between the religious and the government of President Daniel Ortega, who accuses them of having tried together with opponents to provoke a coup in 2018 amid street protests against his government. with support from the United States.
The Catholic Church participated as a mediator in a dialogue that sought to end the political crisis unleashed after those protests that were quelled by the authorities with a balance of 355 dead and thousands of exiles, according to the Permanent Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
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