Honduras opens embassy in China

State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang and Honduran Foreign Minister Eduardo Reina jointly unveiled the Central American country's embassy in Beijing on Sunday morning.

They unveiled a plaque for the embassy at the opening ceremony of the embassy in downtown Beijing.

Earlier this year, the two countries built diplomatic relations on March 26, and the Central American country became the 182th nation to establish diplomatic ties with China.

China officially inaugurated its embassy in the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa on June 5.

"Two months ago, China and Honduras officially built their diplomatic relations based on one-China principle, fulfilled the long-lasting wish of their peoples and ushered in the new era of China-Honduras ties," Qin said at the opening ceremony on Sunday.

Over the past two months, the two sides have been faithfully fulfilling the pledges made during the establishment of their diplomatic ties, "giving a push to a robust start of the bilateral ties", Qin added.

The Honduran foreign minister voiced his hope that the bilateral ties could achieve progress day by day.

He said his government stands ready to push forward the collaboration between the two governments and cooperation in various fields, including exporting the country's signature products to China.

Honduras is ready to work for the early start of negotiations on bilateral free trade agreement, and it looks to more joint efforts from both countries in implementing a range of bilateral or multilateral initiatives such as the Belt and Road Initiative and the Global Development Initiative, he added.

The opening ceremony in Beijing was held amid the ongoing state visit by Honduran President Iris Xiomara Castro Sarmiento.

At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, the Honduras president is paying a state visit to China scheduled from Friday to Wednesday.